Lavrov hails Moscow-Beijing ties, accuses US of provocationsRussia’s top diplomat says the West is searching for ways to anger China on a host of issues, including Taiwan and Tibet.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has hailed joint military drills between Moscow and Beijing as a move that strengthens the pair’s new strategic partnership.“There’s just no question that the [People’s Republic of China] and Russia are both working to divide … the transatlantic partners.NATO in June listed China among its strategic challenges for the first time, saying Beijing’s ambitions and “coercive policies” undermined the Western military bloc’s “interests, security and values”.Lavrov compares West’s approach to Hitler’s ‘final solution’Elsewhere in his speech on Wednesday, Lavrov said the US had assembled a coalition of European countries to solve “the Russian question” using Ukraine as a proxy, in the same way Adolf Hitler had sought a “final solution” to eradicate Europe’s Jews."