MOSCOW, Jan 17 Regarding the possible deployment of Russian military infrastructure in Cuba and Venezuela we must not forget that we are talking about sovereign countries, said the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. .
NYT: U.S. hypocrisy became apparent in dialogue with MoscowEarlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, speaking about this possibility, said he did not want to confirm anything or exclude. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, in turn, noted that Washington would give a decisive answer if Moscow deployed its troops in Latin America. At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance to the east, from joining the bloc of Ukraine and from creating military bases in post-Soviet countries. The parties held consultations in Geneva on January 9 and 10. Even before the start of negotiations, the United States called some points of the document unacceptable, while Russia emphasized that this was not an ultimatum, but it would not make unilateral concessions, especially under pressure.
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