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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is thinking about plans to restore armed forces basics in Vietnam and Cuba which had offered as pivots of Soviet global army power throughout the Cold War, Russian development agencies quoted Russian Deputy Defence Minister Nikolai Pankov as saying on Friday.

"we have been working with this problem, " the agencies quoted Pankov as saying in Russia's parliament.

Russia lowered its banner at Lourdes indicators cleverness base in Cuba and the deepwater Cam Rahn naval base in Vietnam in the early 2000s as part of an attracting down of Russia's military existence internationally after the demise of the Soviet Union.

But since then, Moscow's foreign plan is actually much more assertive, leading to tensions with all the United States as well as its allies over, among various other dilemmas, the disputes in Ukraine and Syria, therefore the presence of NATO soldiers in east European countries.

Pankov said the Defence Ministry was currently "rethinking" previous choices on closure of the bases, but declined to go into detail. Vietnam’s international ministry would not straight away answer a request for remark and Cuban officials weren't available.

The United States is within the means of revitalizing its relations with Cuba, that Soviet times had provided Moscow its closest military set up to U.S. area, under 100 kilometer (60 miles) from Florida Keys.

"The global situation isn't static, its in flux, together with last 2 yrs have made considerable modifications to worldwide matters and safety, " Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a summit telephone call with reporters.

"consequently, it's rather natural that all nations assess these changes in range with regards to national interests and simply take certain tips in the way they start thinking about proper."