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US eyes more stable, profitable ties with Russia, Blinken says
"If Russia continues to attack us, or to act as it did with the SolarWind attacks, the intrusions into our elections and the aggression against Navalny, then we will respond," Blinken told Italian daily La Repubblica.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) attends a press conference with Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab following their bilateral meeting in London on May 3, 2021, during the G7 foreign ministers meeting. Britain this week hosts the first face-to-face meeting of G7 foreign ministers in two years, joined by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as world powers tackle pandemic recovery plus growing tensions with Russia and China. (AFP/Ben Stansall)
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e United States hopes for more stable and profitable relations with Russia but if the latter continues "to attack", then Washington will respond, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday.
"If Russia continues to attack us, or to act as it did with the SolarWind attacks, the intrusions into our elections and the aggression against Navalny, then we will respond," Blinken told Italian daily La Repubblica.
He was referring to cyberattacks and the role of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
China was "the most complicated" when it came to relations, Blinken added, but said the United States would not ask any nation to choose between the two countries.
"It is, however, true that when we deal with China - as an opponent, a rival or a partner - we are much more effective if we act together," he added.
