MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Thursday mentioned america was hypocritical to criticise President Vladimir Putin’s summit with North Korean chief Kim Jong Un as a result of Washington had sown chaos and despatched weapons to allies internationally.
“The US has no proper to lecture us on how one can reside,” Russia’s ambassador to america, Anatoly Antonov, mentioned in an announcement.
For america and allies, the burgeoning friendship between Kim and Putin is a priority: Washington has accused North Korea of offering arms to Russia, however it’s unclear whether or not any deliveries have been made.
The US, Antonov mentioned, had constructed up a coalition in Asia, expanded navy drills close to the Korean peninsula and was supplying billions of {dollars} of weapons to Ukraine.
“It’s time for Washington to throw its financial sanctions into the garbage dump,” Antonov mentioned. “Sustaining the unipolar dominance so beloved by American officers is not doable.”
(Reporting by Man Faulconbridge; Enhancing by Mark Trevelyan)
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