The US envoy commented on the statements of Russia and China

Linda Thomas-GreenfieldUN, Feb 6 US deems it important to redouble efforts to «defend democracies», US says Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield on CNN, commenting on the adopted joint statement of the leaders of Russia and China. On Friday, talks were held in Beijing between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. A joint statement on international relations was adopted.China explained to the United States what an attempt to intimidate Russia would turn into that we must redouble our efforts to defend democracies and defend against attacks on democracy wherever they occur,» the US Ambassador said. at the UN or Ukraine, or anywhere else around the world».Russia and China left the West in the minorityPutin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a joint statement stressed that a trend is emerging to redistribute the balance of world power, a growing demand for leadership in the interests of peaceful development. Russia and China opposed the actions of external forces to undermine security and stability in common adjacent regions, declaring their intention to resist the interference of external forces under any pretext in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, and also opposed «color revolutions» and stated that will increase cooperation in the above-mentioned areas. In addition, the statement speaks of a focus on strengthening the SCO and enhancing its role, intensifying work within the framework of the EAEU and the One Belt, One Road initiative. The parties also called on the United States to abandon plans to deploy intermediate and shorter-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe, in an appropriate publicize their military-biological activities, expedite the elimination of their stockpiles of chemical weapons, and stated that they would strengthen the coordination of the two countries on these issues.