“Misunderstandings must be eliminated so that there are no accidents ... In my opinion, these are always important contacts, and it is important that the Americans were the first to agree to this.
Without screaming, they still show caution, and it seems to me that it’s very good that the conversation did take place, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
On October 21, Sergei Shoigu and Lloyd Austin held talks by phone.
They discussed international security issues, including the situation in Ukraine.
During the conversation, Austin spoke about the importance of maintaining open channels of communication in the context of a special operation in Ukraine.