US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke about “forced” relations with China. He stated this on the air CBS TV channel.
Blinken, answering the question of the possibility of holding “red lines” in relations with Beijing, noted that in any case, Washington will have to deal with China. He stressed that the United States is not in that position not to interact with China. “In this relationship there are serious difficulties, be it a confrontational world, a competing world or peace based on cooperation,” the American diplomat summarized.
Head of the State Department explained that among such difficulties, among other things, and the question of China’s policies in Xinjiang.
Earlier it was reported that the Pentagon considers the rules of international order and the economy by the main spheres of the opposition of the United States and China. At the same time, the first deputy defense depositor Kathleen Hicks refused to call the inevitable conflict with Beijing in a military dimension. Hicks noted that the parties should avoid unnecessary military tensions, since it contradicts the national interests of the two countries.