The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Maria Zakharova, said that the deployment of American missile and air defense systems (missile defense and air defense) in the Middle East is a provocation that creates additional tension in the region against the backdrop of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said during a briefing. His words lead the way TASS.
According to the politician, the region needs rapid de-escalation of conflicts, and not provocations from the United States in the form of delivery and deployment of complexes.
“Such actions, in line with American tactics, aimed at strengthening its own security at the expense of others, and should be characterized as such, on the contrary, further shake the situation in the Middle East … and may spread even further. Zakharova commented on the Pentagon’s plans to deploy air defense systems, including Patriot, in the Middle East.
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin previously statedThe United States will deploy a battery of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system and additional Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) battalions to the Middle East to strengthen the protection of its troops.
Formerly at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized Exercises of the USA, Japan and Korea.