Nicaraguan military personnel. Archival photoMEXICO CITY, Feb 4—RIA Novosti.Nicaraguan law provides for the presence in the country of military personnel and military equipment of a number of countries, including Russia, for the exchange of experience, exercises and joint fight against crime, said Russian Ambassador to Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador, Alexander Khokholikov, to RIA Novosti.
"The Sandinista government annually passes a law regarding the foreign military presence on Nicaraguan territory. It provides for the possibility of transit and stay in Nicaragua of military personnel and military equipment of a number of countries, including Russia and, by the way, the United States, to exchange experience in the field of military-technical cooperation, conduct joint exercises and activities in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime,» Khokholikov said.< /p>According to the diplomat, Russian military specialists openly and legally work in Nicaragua, and ships and planes, as before, will visit Nicaraguan ports and airfields if necessary.
"I will especially emphasize that our bilateral cooperation in the military field is not directed against third countries", the Russian ambassador said.
The diplomat noted that the build-up of Russian-Nicaraguan cooperation in all areas, including the military, is planned and does not depend on the outbursts of tension provoked by the collective West in relation to Russia. «Regardless of the current political situation in the world and the opportunistic outbursts of tension provoked by the collective West in relations with Russia, it is envisaged on a planned basis to build up Russian-Nicaraguan cooperation in trade, economic and cultural and humanitarian spheres, as well as in the military field,» the agency's interlocutor explained. Khokholikov concluded that it is the sovereign right of the two states to decide in what form military cooperation between Russia and Nicaragua is implemented.
Peskov appreciated the possibility of placing the Russian Russian missiles in Latin America