Interfax
March 4, 2014
Lavrov: Allegations on Ukraine-U.S. talks on housing missile shield aimed at worsening Russia-West relations
MADRID: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov describes unconfirmed reports on ongoing negotiations between the new Ukrainian authorities and the U.S. on the possibility of deploying U.S. missile defense elements in Ukraine in exchange for financial aid as gambling and an attempt to aggravate relations between Russia and the West.
“If this is so, we have yet another example of those currently sitting at Verkhovna Rada trying to gamble on relations between Russia and the West and aggravate these relations in the hope of catching something in that muddy water, with the absolute connivance of our Western partners,” Lavrov said at a press conference following negotiations with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo in Madrid on Wednesday.
Lavrov said he had not heard himself that Ukraine was in negotiations on housing U.S. missile defense elements on its territory in exchange for financial aid.
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