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112.ua: Swedish Defense Minister accuses Russian colleague Sergei Shoigu of lying

Published Aug. 4, 2018 at 11:05 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) speaks with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov (R) during a meeting in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on April 20.

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Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist reacted to the words of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu about the Scandinavian country’s cooperation with NATO, calling them a lie. This is reported by The Local on Friday.

“What the Russian defense minister describes is untrue, NATO has no unlimited access either in Finnish or in Swedish territorial waters and airspace,” Hultqvist said.