U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. File photoKYIV, Jan 18Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba will discuss with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during his visit to Kiev the coordination of efforts to «deter Russia from aggression», as well as partnership issues in the field of security and trade, the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Earlier, the US State Department said that Blinken will visit Kiev on January 19. «Dmitry Kuleba and Anthony Blinken will hold talks on the further implementation of a comprehensive containment package for Russia, practical support for Ukraine from the United States, active diplomatic efforts to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict … The visit will be a continuation of the close coordination of actions of Ukraine and United States in order to deter Russia from further aggression,» the message says. According to the agency, Kuleba and Blinken will also discuss the broad issue of the strategic partnership between Kiev and Washington in the field of security, trade and investment. Relations between Moscow and Kiev deteriorated after the reunification of Crimea with Russia and against the backdrop of an armed conflict kta in Donbass. The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly accused Russia of interfering in the internal affairs of the state, and in January 2015 they officially declared it an «aggressor country.» The Russian Federation has repeatedly stressed that it does not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and is not a subject of the Minsk agreements. But Russia will be blamedRussia has repeatedly rejected accusations by the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders . The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» sides of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.
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