White House in Washington WASHINGTON, Jan 9 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's outraged foreign ministry statements Washington's position in the upcoming talks with Russia on strategic stability, the White House said. «The statements made by Secretary of State Blinken the day before reflect the US position in the negotiations,» said an administration official during a special telephone briefing on upcoming contacts between Russia and the United States. recalled that the Russian Federation voiced a number of things that Washington would not agree with. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said earlier that the United States is concerned about the events in Kazakhstan, but believes that the republic can cope on its own without the help of the CSTO. Blinken, speaking about the role of the CSTO in resolving the situation, in particular, said the following phrase: «One lesson from past history — when Russians are in your house, it can be difficult to force them to leave.» The Russian Foreign Ministry, in response to Blinken's words, said that the secretary of state «joked in his usual boorish manner,» noting that «if Anthony Blinken loves history lessons so much, then let him mean the following: when Americans are in your house, it can be difficult to stay alive, not to be robbed or raped. «
