Putin says that relations with the US are getting worse
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- Published: Thursday, 13 June 2019 07:57
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Photo: RHCMoscow, Jun 13. - Relations between Russia and the US "They are degrading," becoming "worse and worse," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the television channel Mir.
In reference to the current trade tensions between China and the US, the Russian leader pointed out that, "from the point of view of common sense," Russia has "no reason to interfere in the negotiations" between the two countries.
"There is an ongoing dispute between the largest economies on the planet, and there are many specific issues related to the current work of the two states," Putin stressed.
The Head of State highlighted the good relations that his country maintains with China, a country that he described as a strategic partner "in all senses of the word"; This trend contrasts with the relations between Russia and the United States, which, he said, are "getting worse and worse," says Russia Today.
In recent years, Washington has taken "some dozen decisions related to sanctions against Russia," lamented the Russian president.
"Of course, under these conditions, our sympathy is on the side of our strategic partners," Putin said.
In this way, the president has clarified his recent joke about Russia's place in the trade war, when in the plenary session of the 23rd International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg he said, citing "a good saying" from China, that "when Tigers fight in the valley, the intelligent monkey waits to see how it ends. "
"Apparently, you did not pay attention to how I ended up, I said that we live in a complex world, since the times when these sayings were born, the situation has changed seriously," Putin stressed, stressing that "today relations between Russia and China they are of particular importance, both for our countries and for the world community in general. " (RHC)
