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Pentagon: Austin held telephone conversations with Russian Defense Minister Belousov

2024-06-26

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin held telephone conversations with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov on June 25, US military spokesman Patrick Ryder told reporters.

“Secretary Austin spoke by phone today with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov,” he said at a briefing, a video of which is provided on the US Department of Defense website.

According to Ryder, during this conversation, the head of the Pentagon spoke about the need to maintain lines of communication between Moscow and Washington against the backdrop of a Russian special military operation. The press secretary also noted that the conversation took place at the initiative of the American side.

He recalled that before this, negotiations between the heads of the defense departments of the Russian Federation and the United States took place on March 15, 2023.

As Regnum reported, at the end of May, Andrei Belousov accused the United States and its allies of consistently destroying the world security architecture due to the desire to maintain global dominance. In addition, the head of the Ministry of Defense emphasized that Washington and its partners are provoking armed conflicts in the world.

On June 4, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russia today is an enemy country for the United States, just as the United States is for the Russian Federation. On June 6, Lloyd Austin noted that the White House’s decision to allow Kiev to launch strikes on Russian territory would be “very useful” for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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