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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (pictured) alleged on Thursday that United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China is directed towards "shattering" ties between Moscow and Beijing, TASS reported.
"Washington is looking for ways to shatter Russian-Chinese ties as much as possible. We have seriously expanded cooperation with Beijing in many areas in recent times. It fills US politicians and the Biden administration's top officials with bile," Ryabkov stated, expressing his hopes that Beijing "understands this," and will, therefore, avoid reaching any agreements with the US that would be detrimental to Russia. He also accused the US of not shying away from resorting to "open blackmail and intimidation," to reach its goals. "We won’t yield to such pressure and continue moving to reach the goals of the special military operation," he said.