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Josh Salisbury

Moscow will deepen ties with China, says Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

File photo: Sergei Lavrov

(Picture: REUTERS)

Russia will focus on deepening ties with China, its foreign minister has said, saying Western countries had practised “Russophobia” since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking at a question and answer session, Sergei Lavrov said Russia was working to replace goods imported from Western countries and would only rely on countries which do not “dance to some other piper’s music”.

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