Russian Foreign Minister Sergei LavrovMOSCOW, Jan 28Russia will build up relations with Latin America, regardless of how the negotiations on security guarantees go, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, in an interview with Russian media, including RIA Novosti, said earlier that Russia cannot set up military bases in Cuba and Venezuela, as they did during the Soviet period, as these countries seek to break out of isolation and restore normal relations with the United States. At the same time, earlier Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov, speaking about the possibility of deploying Russia's military infrastructure in Cuba and Venezuela, said that he did not want to confirm or exclude anything. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, in turn, noted that the United States would give a decisive response if Russia deployed its troops in Latin America. «/>The State Department threatened Russia with a «quick response» in the event of deploying forces in CubaAs Lavrov said, with regard to relations with Latin American countries, and with Serbia, with Iran, with China, with many other states that behave decently in the international arena, they do not try unilaterally to impose anything on anyone, are always ready to seek mutually acceptable agreements on any problems, then these relations are not subject to any conjuncture. «They are rich in our country, they cover economic, humanitarian, educational, sports contacts. They also cover military, military-technical cooperation in full in accordance with the norms of international law. I assure you that no matter how events develop on the European security issue, we will progressively build up these relations,» Lavrov said in an interview with radio stations Sputnik, Ekho Moskvy, Govorit Moskva and Komsomolskaya true».
Peskov answered a question about Putin's talks with the leader of CubaThe United States and NATO on Wednesday handed over to Russia answers to proposals for security guarantees. Earlier, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said that if the United States is asked not to publish its response to Russian security proposals, Moscow will not do this. At the same time, the minister added that the essence of Washington’s reaction to the Russian proposals, of course, deserves to be informed of the public in Russia and other countries. 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 eastward expansion of NATO, joining the Ukrainian bloc, and establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near Russia's borders and the withdrawal of the alliance's forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. military cooperation with Venezuela
