The situation on the European continent is becoming increasingly tense and Russia is not to blame about this, said the Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with his British counterpart Ben Wallace, reports TASS.
“We do not fully and not always understand the reasons for this tension. However, we see it growing,” Shoigu said. He expressed hope that he could to discuss “current issues to reduce this tension“.
“As well as our proposals to the United States and NATO to ensure security in Europe, which we sent in December, we received a reply in January. Now all this is considered. I think that our answer will follow in the near futuresaid Shoigu.
Russia offended by EU and NATO’s “disrespectful response” to security
Instead of an individual response, each member state received a joint position
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Shoigu called on Western countries to help reduce tensions to Europe and to stop arms supplies to Ukraine.
“For our part, we would like to propose that we also contribute to reducing this tension and stopping the trampling of weapons in Ukraine. It comes from all sides, it is made public. It is done in a demonstrative way. This is not entirely clear. Why the United Kingdom sent its special forces to Ukraine and how long they will be there. “
Spored Shoigu the level of Russian-British cooperation is close to zeroit is necessary to stop the deterioration of the situation in relations between Russia and NATO.
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Britain has passed a law calling for broader sanctions against Russia
In an attempt to dissuade the Kremlin from aggression against Ukraine
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“This is our first meeting in recent years. Unfortunately, the level of our cooperation is close to zero and is about to turn negative. Which I really don’t want. That is why I look forward to discussing the most pressing issues with you. Without any violence and rising temperatures, even more so in relations between Russia and the NATO bloc. And especially with Great Britain, taking into account the historical experience of our cooperation and military cooperation, “Shoigu said.
“Today we are seeing an increasing concentration of attention, excessive focus on issues that we believe could be resolved quite easilyin dialogue between all countries, without the threat of imposing certain sanctions, “said the Russian minister.
“According to me there are no words left in either the English or Russian dictionaries to denote these sanctions. “AND “catastrophic “, and” amazing “, and” destructive“Many different words,” Shoigu said.
