Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that the Russian side discussed with the US authorities the possibility of supplying arms to countries unfriendly to Washington.
He told TASS that the relevant plans voiced by the Russian leader were extremely negatively perceived in the US.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s words that we will also consider the possibility of supplying countries unfriendly to the Americans with Russian weapons were received extremely negatively here. If the Americans are doing it, why can’t we do it?” – the diplomat stated.
He noted that the Russian side does not agree with the situation when the US supplies weapons to Russia’s adversaries and Moscow does not do it.
“I will say at once that this issue was raised by the Russian side several times in various kinds of consultations, including by me personally, where, in particular as far as I am concerned, I spoke about the double standards of the Americans,” Antonov stressed.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West had heard and understood Putin’s signal about possible deliveries of Russian weapons to other countries of the world.