Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has extensive experience in negotiations and is always uncompromisingly defending the interests of his country. Such an opinion was expressed by the former commander of the Allies of Allies, Reach Admiral James Stavridis, TASS.
"At that time, I was Rumsfeld's main assistant, in Russia and Europe I met Lavrov several times, he was tall, impressive, speaks English and talked very tough negotiator. As smooth, Rumsfeld once told me after a particularly difficult conversation in Munich. And it was not a compliment, "Stavridis wrote in Bloomberg's opinion column, commenting on the results of the talks between Russia and the United States in Riyadh and noting the great experience of politicians who are part of the Russian delegation.
"I remember that Lavrov raised his hands for a moment when Rumsfeld claimed that Russia had nothing to fear about our missile defense system in Western Europe.
Your budget is more than 10 times higher than our budget, "he said.
"And now you want to neutralize our only real defense, our nuclear missile potential," Stavridy quotes Lavrov's words.
According to the former NATO commander, Russia and the United States, despite their differences, "discussed how they can cooperate in many areas, fight against drugs and terrorism, and even in Afghanistan."
