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Blinken dismisses Xi-Putin ties as ‘marriage of convenience’

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has downplayed the deepening relations between China and Russia [File: Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP]

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has dismissed deepening ties between China and Russia as a “marriage of convenience”.

Blinken made the comments on Wednesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were filmed saying warm goodbyes at the end of two days of closely-watched meetings in Moscow.

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