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The topic of negotiations was the killing of the American UAV MQ-9 in the Black ...

"USA will continue to fly": Pentagon's head called Russian colleague Sergei Shoig (video)

The topic of negotiations was the killing of the American UAV MQ-9 in the Black Sea. The Russian defense department notes that the initiator of the call was the United States, and Lloyd Austin called on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to cope with its aviation safely. The United States Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu have a telephone conversation. The main theme was the beat of the American UAV MQ-9 Reaper in the Black Sea.

This was reported by the press service of the Russian defense department. The information published on the network states that the initiator of this call was the American side, but the details of the Russian Defense Ministry were no longer provided.

"On March 15, 2023, at the initiative of the American side, the telephone negotiations of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation of General Army Sergey Shoig and the Minister of Defense of the United States Lloyd Austin were held," the statement reads. Pentagon Lloyd Austin's head during a final press conference after graduating from Ramstin 10 shared some points in talking with a Russian colleague.

He stated that the American drone crashed after a Russian plane flew into it, and this is not professional from fighter pilots. "I just had a telephone conversation with my Russian counterpart. As I said repeatedly, it is important that the big powers serve models of transparency and communication. And the United States will continue to fly and act in accordance with international law," said Lloyd Austin.

The Pentagon is convinced that the Russian Federation should manage it safer to its aviation, and any possibility of escalation is considered by the US side seriously. The parties expressed the hope that such contacts will help to avoid miscalculations in the future. We will remind, on March 15, CNN wrote that the United States removed the secret software from the drone MQ-9 Reaper, which was shot down by the Russian Su-27.