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Russia denied this Tuesday that the Soviet military equipment that Ecuador plans to deliver to USA for future transfer to Ukraine.
“The recent statements by the American authorities about your intention to transfer to the Kyiv Russian military equipment, which Quito will exchange for new American equipment, this just shows that these weapons are not ‘trash’”noted today the Russian Federal Service for Technical-Military Cooperationcited by the TASS agency.
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According to the source, Russia proposed Ecuador “options“cooperation for the maintenance of weapons and other equipment in”good state”, but received no response Quito.
At the same time, he insisted that the decision to exchange Russian equipment for American weapons is “illegal”.
“The transfer of Russian-made (Soviet) military equipment previously supplied to the Republic of Ecuador without the written permission of the Russian side is illegal”says the statement.
Meanwhile, the Russian ambassador to Peru Igor Romanchenkoensured that Washington’s attempts to convince Lima to transfer Ukraine their Russian and Soviet teams”they were unsuccessful”.
The United States Government confirmed last week that the Russian-made military material it delivered to Ecuador as part of an equipment renewal agreement will be used to support Ukraine in its war against Russia.
“It is an agreement to transfer equipment to the Government of Ukraine which is fighting against the Russian invasion of its territory”said Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of State’s Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Kevin Sullivan.
In an interview with the television channel TeleamazonasSullivan highlighted that this exchange of military equipment is “a decision of the Government of Ecuador” with which the United States is “I am very happy to support Ukraine in its effort to defend its territory.”
When asked if this delivery had already been made, Sullivan commented that it is something that “It is still being considered within the Government of Ecuador.”
However, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, Gabriela Sommerfeld, assured on January 24th that this exchange was already underway and that “Does not violate any regulations, is not illegal” why “This equipment is not operational and, if it is not operational, Ecuador may cancel, sell, donate or exchange it.”
Days earlier, the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboadescribed the teams as “scrap” so that his country receives new equipment worth around 200 million dollars from the United States.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharovadeclared, in turn, that the decision by Daniel Noboa’s government would harm relations between Russia and Ecuador, after Moscow suspended imports of bananas from several companies in the Latin American country for phytosanitary reasons.
Source: Elcomercio
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