ZAKHAROVA: LONDON'S STATEMENTS ON COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH MOSCOW SURPRISING

MOSCOW, NOVEMBER 11 /SRNA – RIA Novosti/ – The United Kingdom’s statements expressing a desire to establish new communication channels with Moscow are surprising, given that London restricted all such channels in 2024, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.

“That is an astonishing statement. We have read it several times and even used artificial intelligence to understand what it was about. We have a legitimate question: why were these channels restricted?” Zakharova said at a press conference.

UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said in an interview with the Financial Times that he would like London to have additional communication channels with Moscow, particularly at the military level.

He noted that maintaining direct communication was important.