MForeign Defense: The head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov had no contacts with NATO representatives, Euractiv reported that the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces discussed with a representative of the North Atlantic Alliance issues of preventing incidents in the Black Sea. The Ministry of Defense stated that no such discussions were held
Valery Gerasimov
The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, did not contact the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, the information that they discussed the safety of navigation in the Black Sea is fiction and fake. This was stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Western media reports about the alleged recent conversation between the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Army General Valery Gerasimov, and the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Rob Bauer, are fake,” the defense ministry said.
The Defense Ministry noted that Gerasimov had no contacts, “especially systematic”, with the chairman of the NATO military committee and other representatives of the alliance. The ministry also stated that there is no “Russian-American crisis commission for conflict resolution”, within which, according to the publication, Gerasimov was in contact with NATO.
«Published information about the achievement of a certain «agreement ». <...>on issues of «safe movement of ships in the Black Sea» is a fiction from beginning to end»,— the department said.
The negotiations of the head of the Russian General Staff with Bauer were reported by the Euractiv portal, citing a source in the alliance. According to the publication, the military agreed to be careful in the Black Sea in order to avoid incidents. At the same time, the Euractiv interlocutor noted, some Eastern European countries began to object to data exchanges with Russia, but other European countries believe that Bauer is authorized to use this communication channel.
The last time the Defense Ministry reported on Gerasimov’s communication with the Western military was on October 24. On that day, he spoke by phone, in particular, with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, and the head of the British Defense Staff, Admiral Anthony Radakin. Gerasimov told them about the “situation related to the possible use of a dirty bomb by Ukraine,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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Then the Pentagon said that the line of communication between the Russian and American departments remains open, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is ready to communicate with Russian colleagues.
The talks between the heads of the defense departments of Russia and the United States were last held on October 23: Sergei Shoigu spoke on the phone about the “dirty bomb” to the head of the Pentagon, Loyd Austin. Shoigu also called the heads of the military departments of Turkey, France and Britain at that time.
Shoigu and Austin spoke by phone on October 21. The Defense Ministry stated that the ministers discussed “topical issues of international security, including the situation in Ukraine.” The Pentagon reported that Austin stressed the importance of maintaining communication lines in combat conditions.
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Sergey Shoigu
politician, Minister of Defense of Russia
May 21, 1955
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