“For the United States, the choice is this: if we do not participate in the organization, if we do not occupy a leadership role, this means one of two things - it is occupied by someone else, perhaps China, in a way that does not fully coincide with our interests and values” , - RIA Novosti quotes Blinken.
According to him, a situation is possible in which no one occupies a leading position.
He noted that in this case, a vacuum is created that "bad things" can fill before "good" ones fill it.
Blinken also said that the United States is providing assistance to Ukraine in order to prevent the emergence of conflicts in other regions and not to be involved in them.