SOCHI. May 3 (Interfax) - There were contacts between the military of Russia and the United States at the working level and they continue, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
"It is so crowded there that we cannot help working. So, of course, we used to have contacts at the working level and they continue," Shoigu said to journalists.
He said that in the first place the Russian side proceeds from the need to guarantee the security of pilots and those who work there. "Naturally procedures have become stricter in the sense that everything is not as simple as it used to be. Before there was a notification procedure, today it is different; today it is based on queries."
He said that the queries are such as "can we work there."