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The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the European Union’s attempts to speak “from a position of strength” threatens to undermine international relations, directing strong criticism of the European Union’s High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell against the backdrop of his recent statements regarding Russia and China.
"The statements in which Borel accused Moscow and Beijing of seeking to unify efforts in confronting the Western world ... and the external approach followed by the European Union in general represents an attempt to fundamentally distort everything," RIA Novosti news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying.
The Russian diplomacy stressed that “the European Union, not Moscow or Beijing, is the one who follows a hostile approach and is moving further and further away from its neighbors in Eurasia through his recent statements and punitive measures against Russia and China.” Outdated".
The Russian spokeswoman warned that if Brussels pursues this approach, it runs the risk of finding itself on the sidelines of global economic development, whose center is now shifting to Asia, adding, “Unlike the European Union and the United States, friendship between Russia and China is not directed against any third party, but rather it has value By itself, it is not affected by changes in external conditions.