Russia’s navy cooperation with Iran won’t succumb to geopolitical strain, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated, following experiences that Washington has requested Teheran to cease promoting drones to Moscow.
“There are no changes, and cooperation with Iran will continue,” Ryabkov stated, in keeping with a report on Saturday from Russian state news company RIA. “We are independent states and do not succumb to the dictates of the United States and its satellites.”
The US is urgent Iran to cease promoting the armed drones, which Russia is utilizing within the battle in Ukraine, the Financial Times reported earlier this month, citing an Iranian official and one other individual aware of the talks.
Russia started utilizing the Iranian-made Shahed drones to assault deep inside Ukraine final 12 months. The so-called kamikaze unmanned drones don’t want a runway to launch and explode on affect.
Iran has acknowledged sending drones to Russia however stated prior to now they had been despatched earlier than Russia’s February 2022 invasion in Ukraine. Moscow has denied its forces used Iranian drones in Ukraine.
A White House official stated in June that Iran had transferred a number of hundred drones to Russia since August 2022. —Reuters
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