Blinken confirms the resignation of the assistant secretary

of state who oversaw CHINAWendy Sherman oversaw relations with China and tried to negotiate with Moscow before the entry of Russian troops into Ukraine.After the outbreak of hostilities, she was engaged in uniting the allies to support Kyiv.Wendy Sherman

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has confirmed that First Deputy Wendy Sherman is resigning. This was previously reported by CNN.

Sherman, 73, will leave her position in July, she tweeted. it is not yet known who will be her successor. The diplomat said that she was “incredibly proud of the work we have done to solve a huge variety of problems” - from those related to military operations in Ukraine to the covid-19 pandemic .

Blinken called Sherman his confidant and friend. “President Biden asked Wendy to take over [Deputy Secretary] because he knew he could count on her to help build US relationships with partners and rivals,” he said.

The AP lists Sherman as the second most senior State Department official in the administration of President Joe Biden. In recent years, she has overseen U.S. relations with China, as well as rallying allies to support Ukraine following the entry of Russian troops in February 2022.

REUTERS recalls that Sherman tried to negotiate with RUSSIA before the outbreak of hostilities. In January 2022, she met in Geneva with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The talks were devoted to security guarantees; Moscow handed over draft agreements on them to Washington and NATO at the end of 2021. The main topic of the meeting was the non-expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance, which Russia insisted on , but the parties failed to achieve success.

Russian President Vladimir Putin , announcing the deployment of troops to Ukraine, called the expansion of the alliance to the east and the approach of infrastructure to the borders of Russia as fundamental threats. Regarding Finland's entry into NATO (it joined the bloc in April), Putin said that this does not pose a direct threat to Russia, but the expansion of military infrastructure in these territories "will cause a backlash."

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Sherman has held various positions at the State Department since 1993. In the administration of former US President Barack Obama, she served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2011 to 2015. In addition, Sherman led a team of negotiators on the Iranian nuclear program. She took up the post of First Deputy Secretary of State of the United States in 2021.

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