Russia states the purpose of the US Secretary of State's visit to China
(Baonghean.vn) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that the current visit of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China is aimed at breaking the Russia-China relationship.
“Washington is trying to disrupt Russia-China relations as much as possible. We have seriously expanded cooperation with Beijing in many areas recently. This angers American politicians and top officials of the Biden administration. And the US Secretary of State’s visit should be assessed from the perspective of what the United States is ready to do to increase unflinching and ruthless pressure on China,” Antonov said.
“I think that Beijing understands this very well and will not even pretend to be ready to reach any agreements with the Americans to the detriment of Russia's interests,” the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister added.
According to the senior Russian diplomat, the US does not hesitate to "use unfair methods, even blackmail and threats, against a power like China".
“We will not give in to such pressure and continue to move forward to achieve the goals of the special military operation. And the economic performance of our country speaks for itself. This proves that the US sanctions policy is futile,” he stressed.
In addition, at the press conference, Ambassador Antonov also assessed Kiev's promise to Washington not to use the long-range tactical missile system (ATACMS) to attack Russian territory as a "lie".
A Pentagon official confirmed Wednesday that President Joe Biden quietly directed his national security team to provide long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine “for use within Ukrainian sovereign territory” as part of a security assistance package announced in March. Ukrainian forces have twice used the missiles against targets deep inside Russian territory, media reports said.
According to Mr. Antonov, the US transfer of ATACMS to Ukraine is “unjustifiable” because it increases the threat to the security of the Crimean peninsula and the newly annexed regions of Russia. Ambassador Antonov added that the Russian armed forces “have shot down several ATACMS missiles”. “This will continue. Neither these missiles nor other types of weapons can help defeat the Russian Federation,” Ambassador Antonov emphasized./.
