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Russia, US defense ministers discuss security, de-escalation over call

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 12 Jul 2024 23:53
2 Min Read

The call comes as a follow-up to the NATO warnings against Russia's alliances with China and the US' plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany.

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  • taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Russian soldiers walk through a forest in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense/AP)
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Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin spoke over the phone to discuss lowering the risk of "possible escalation" after the US announced plans to deploy long-range missiles in Germany, which the Kremlin warned could bring a Cold War-style confrontation, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed on Friday.

"The issue of preventing security threats and reducing the risk of possible escalation was discussed" in the call initiated by Moscow.

The two sides have managed to organize sporadic phone calls despite raging tensions over the war in Ukraine, including a recent call at the end of June where Moscow lambasted Washington's arms supplies to Kiev.

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"The United States will begin episodic deployments of the long-range fires capabilities of its Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany in 2026, as part of planning for enduring stationing of these capabilities in the future. When fully developed, these conventional long-range fire units will include SM-6, Tomahawk, and developmental hypersonic weapons, which have significantly longer range than current land-based fires in Europe," the joint statement said.

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