26 Mar 2014 18:10

Reports about Russia's plans to set up military base in Argentina hoax - ministry

MOSCOW. March 26 (Interfax) - Internet reports about plans to set up a Russian military base in Argentina are fiction, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said.

"It was with bewilderment that we read the reports, which surfaced on the Internet, about the alleged plans to create a 'Russian military base' in Argentina. This provocative hoax would not have been worth a comment, had it not been for the speculations regarding our intentions as to how our relations with Argentina will develop and in which direction," he said in a commentary posted on the ministry's website.