The building of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, June 9The decree on the temporary presence of foreign military in Nicaragua is routine, it allows the temporary admission of the armed forces of a number of countries, including Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told RIA Novosti. The President of Nicaragua, by his decree, allowed the temporary presence of foreign military in the country. The list of countries whose military are allowed on Nicaraguan territory includes Russia. «I would like to immediately reassure the hotheads: we are talking about the routine — twice a year — procedure for the adoption in Nicaragua of a law on the temporary admission of foreign military personnel to its territory in purposes of developing cooperation in various areas, including humanitarian and emergency response, combating organized crime and drug trafficking,» Zakharova said, answering the question whether Moscow will use this opportunity and deploy its military there in the near future. «This law allows the presence of representatives in the country the armed forces of a number of states, including Venezuela, Guatemala, Honduras, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, Russia, El Salvador and the United States,» she added. According to Zakharova, the presence of such an act in legislative practice is not an exceptional phenomenon. 
Bread prices have risen in Nicaragua due to anti-Russian sanctions»Do not forget that we are talking about a country that has experienced more than a dozen armed interventions in its 200-year history. This applies not only to Nicaragua, but also to other states of the region, where similar laws also apply,» the diplomat explained. Speaking about Russia in this context, she noted that the Russian side traditionally develops equal and mutually respectful cooperation with its Nicaraguan partners on a wide range of issues of mutual interest. According to Zakharova, «this also applies to such areas as cooperation in the field of defense, combating new challenges and threats.» «We work here openly and transparently, on the basis of existing bilateral documents, in particular, the 2001 intergovernmental agreements on military-technical cooperation , on cooperation in the fight against illicit trafficking and the use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in 2004 and on cooperation in the field of professional development of personnel in this area in 2013,» the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled. According to her, «special attention in the course of our interaction which is not directed against third countries, we pay respect to the principles of regional security.» «Latin America is a continent of peace and stability, and it is not in our interests to disturb this stability and the balance of power that has developed there,» she added. there are no messages for you,» Zakharova concluded. 3e440.jpg» />The United States is experiencing a «moment of schizophrenia», said the President of Nicaragua
