“Things of this kind from Washington have become commonplace.
Another ridiculous statement by a high-ranking American representative caused frank bewilderment in Moscow, but we leave it on the conscience of Jake Sullivan, ”the source said.
He expressed the opinion that, apparently, this statement was timed to coincide with Joe Biden's Middle East tour and "should further warm up anti-Iranian sentiment in the Arab states through the targeted dissemination of misinformation about cooperation between the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran in the sensitive military-technical sphere."