Glonass no, but there is a possibility of cooperation

The signing of the agreement on the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes between Mexico and Russia offers the opportunity to develop bilateral cooperation in various fields, assured the Russian ambassador Víktor Koronelli.

Asked about whether the sistema GlonassThe Embassador Koronelli He specified that this is not indicated in the document itself. “It should be noted that this is a framework agreement. But it offers the opportunity to develop bilateral cooperation in various space fields”, he said, adding that: “Russia is ready to carry out any joint peaceful space project in which Mexico is interested”.

Regarding the peace plan proposed by Mexico to create a mediation Caucus between Russia y Ukrainepresented at the last 77th UN General Assembly, the ambassador assured that his country appreciates the Mexican effort to seek a peaceful solution.

We highly appreciate the contribution of the Government of Mexico to the search for a peaceful settlement. We are convinced that it is important to take advantage of all the possibilities to achieve peace, but to understand any conflict, especially between neighboring states, it is necessary to know its background”.

“Following the 2014 Western-backed coup, in which neo-Nazi forces came to power in Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities have murdered innocent citizens in the eastern parts of Ukraine with impunity. All this went unnoticed for eight years as if the ‘civilized western world’ were wearing a blindfold. Ukraine has ignored the 2015 Minsk agreements, endorsed by UN Resolution – 2202. Russophobia has been elevated to the rank of official policy. At the same time, the genocide against Russians and threats to national security by NATO have left Russia no choice but to conduct a special military operation in accordance with article 51, paragraph 7, of the United Nations charter. United. Russia has never refused to seek a negotiated solution; but I would like to add that on September 30 President (Volodimir) Zelensky signed a decree officially prohibiting negotiations with Russia. The resumption of the negotiation process would be possible if the international community could encourage kyiv and NATO behind their backs to dialogue “he replied.

Questioned about the meeting between the chancellor Sergey Lavrov to his Mexican counterpart Marcelo Ebrard during their meeting on the sidelines of the 77th UN Assemblythe Russian diplomat replied: “Unfortunately I did not participate in that meeting, but according to the information I have, the ministers exchanged opinions on bilateral and international issues, including the aforementioned peace plan proposed by Mexico and the Russian vision in this regard.”

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