The United States inflicts further damage on bilateral relations with Russia by calling into question existing agreements on Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik)�� Ryabkov told RIA Novosti the long path toward�reaching a deal on�a cessation of�hostilities announced September 9 stemmed from�the need to�achieve "balance and parity suitable for�all."

"Now these agreements are put into�question by�the US. It is their political choice. This reflects heightened 'warmongering' in�Washington and among�those willing to�continue inflicting damage to�bilateral relations with�Russia," he said. On Wednesday, US Secretary of�State John Kerry told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the US is prepared to�suspend bilateral engagement with�Russia in�Syria unless Moscow takes immediate steps to�end Syrian operations in�the city of�Aleppo and reinstate a ceasefire, according to�the State Department.

Ryabkov argued the US was presenting an anti-Syria and Russia narrative after�failing to�live up�to a series of�its own obligations as�part of�the recently released agreements.

"This is in�line with�imposing unilateral approaches that has never been acceptable to�us," he maintained. "There can be no concern here about�the situation in�Aleppo, about�the humanitarian problems of�the population and the tragedies that happen there every day� All this is pure politics and geopolitics." Fighting in�Aleppo intensified last week after�the Syrian army declared an end to�the week-long US-Russian brokered ceasefire, blaming militants for�numerous violations that made the cessation of�hostilities unfeasible.

By Sputnik