Russia: Lavrov rejects reported allegations of Aeroflot role in migration crisis

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Reports in the media alleging involvement of Russian flagship airline Aeroflot in the migrant crisis on the border of Poland and Belarus do not correspond to reality, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday.

"Speaking diplomatically, it is not true. Aeroflot, as far as I know, does not have any flights between the capitals of the countries from which refugees are streaming to Europe, after the EU with the US had bombed those countries. Aeroflot does not fly from these capitals to the capital of the Republic of Belarus," Lavrov stated.

Moreover, during the press conference following talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mali Abdoulaye Diop, the two diplomats touched upon the issue of reported planned contracts between Mali and private military contractors.

"Regarding the anxiety that the French and some representatives have been showing for months about reports that the Malian government plans to seek the services of a private military company from the Russian Federation - this is the exclusive competence of the legitimate government of Mali," he said.

"As for private military companies, we have nothing to do with the activities of such structures created by Russian citizens. They enter into contracts on their own," he added.

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SOT, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (Russian): "Speaking diplomatically, it is not true. Aeroflot, as far as I know, does not have any flights between the capitals of the countries from which refugees are streaming to Europe, after the EU with the US had bombed those countries. Aeroflot does not fly from those capitals to the capital of the Republic of Belarus."

SOT, Abdoulaye Diop, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Mali (French): "I can assure you that the relationship between Mali and Russia is a partnership relationship, and Mali will not allow any state, any organization to tell us ever we have the right to communicate with a country or we don't."

SOT, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (Russian): "Regarding the anxiety that the French and some representatives have been expressing for months about reports that the Malian government plans to seek the services of a private military company from the Russian Federation (as was also publicly mentioned by the Prime Minister of Mali at the UN General Assembly), this is the exclusive competence of the legitimate government of Mali. As for private military companies, we have nothing to do with the activities of such structures created by Russian citizens. They enter into contracts on their own."

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