British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, who February 11 arrived in Moscow to meet with the head of the Russian military department Sergei Shoigu, visited an exhibition dedicated to the history of military cooperation between the USSR and the allied states during the Great Patriotic War. Shoigu himself gave explanations to Wallace.
Pointing to one of the photographs, the Russian minister said: “Maybe your relatives are here too.” Shoigu also drew Wallace’s attention to the tanks supplied to the Soviet Union by Great Britain. “British tanks had one drawback – they slid on our snow. Therefore, our designers, together with their British colleagues, came up with a device so that the tanks would not slip,” Shoigu said. Then he showed the British Soviet tanks. To this, Wallace replied that in his childhood, in the classroom, schoolchildren were always told about T-34 tanks.
The head of the Russian military department also told his colleague that in the Patriot park near Moscow there are monuments to many allies of the USSR. “There are already many monuments there. In addition to the English ones, there will be the Normandie-Niemen, France, the United States, China, Vietnam, Mongolia and many others – all those who provided assistance to the Soviet Union,” Shoigu said. He promised to invite Wallace and the British ambassador to Patriot Park for the opening. RIA News.
Earlier, at a meeting with the British Minister of Defense, Shoigu said that the military-political situation in Europe is becoming more tense, and this is far from always the fault of Russia. He also invited Western countries to contribute to reducing tensions in Europe and stop “stuffing” Ukraine with weapons.
As a result of these negotiations, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed that Shoigu focused the interlocutor’s attention on the lack of answers to the key demands of the Russian Federation on security from the United States and NATO. In addition, he announced the readiness of the Russian Ministry of Defense to consider proposals for restoring bilateral cooperation with Great Britain along the military line.
The ministers also noted the importance of continuing contacts on preventing incidents and reducing the risks of unintentional conflicts. TASS.