The Russian Foreign Ministry has condemned Ecuador’s decision to hand over Russian-made military equipment to the United States for use in Ukraine, calling it a “reckless” violation of the treaty, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Last month, the Ecuadorian government said it would accept Washington’s offer to exchange what it called “Ukrainian and Russian scrap metal” for $200 million worth of advanced American equipment. The US has indicated that the weapons it will receive from Ecuador will be sent to Ukraine to help bolster its forces on the battlefield against Russia.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the RIA news agency that Ecuador’s decision was made under the pressure of external forces. “This rash decision was taken by the Ecuadorian side under serious pressure from external stakeholders,” she pointed out. “Our partners are well aware of the provisions of the contracts, which include the obligation to use the supplied equipment for the specified purposes and not to transfer it to a third party without obtaining Russia’s consent.”
Ecuadorian authorities said Moscow had advised them not to carry out the equipment exchange, but added that they still believed they had the right to carry it out. RIA news agency also quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying that Russia had not received any requests from Kiev to hand over the bodies of the prisoners of war who died in the Il-76 crash last week. Ukraine said it made such a request, Reuters recalls.
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2024-02-02 08:34:00
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