OREANDA-NEWS The Kremlin is perplexed by the desire of former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump to separate Russia and China, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He is quoted by RIA Novosti.

"It is unclear here why it is necessary to separate, why it is necessary to interfere with cooperation between Russia and China, because this cooperation, it has a really special, privileged character, a truly strategic partnership," he said.

According to Peskov, Trump's words are especially inappropriate in light of the fact that cooperation between Beijing and Moscow "is not directed against third countries."

Earlier, Trump threatened to separate Russia and China in the event of his victory in the upcoming elections of the leader of the States. He promised that he would succeed.