(Reuters) -&nbsp;Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Group of Seven&nbsp;nuclear&nbsp;"rhetoric" has the sole aim of exerting psychological, military and political&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;on&nbsp;Moscow&nbsp;and Beijing.
In the first ever communiqu&eacute; on&nbsp;nuclear&nbsp;disarmament issued at the&nbsp;G7&nbsp;summit last week, the group called on&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;and&nbsp;China&nbsp;to show greater transparency about their&nbsp;nuclear&nbsp;arsenals, akin to steps taken by the United States, Britain and France.
In comments on the document,&nbsp;Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov - the ministry's point man for arms control - said the statement reflects the group's anti-Russian and anti-Chinese tone.
"One gets the impression that Western&nbsp;rhetoric&nbsp;on the topic of the size of their&nbsp;nuclear&nbsp;arsenals has a single goal - to exert psychological and military-political&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;on&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;and&nbsp;China," Ryabkov said in comments published on the ministry's website.
"Behind it is clearly a pathological desire to denigrate our countries."
The comments follow both&nbsp;China&nbsp;and&nbsp;Russia's furious response to the&nbsp;G7&nbsp;summit and declarations that singled out both countries on range of issues.&nbsp;Moscow&nbsp;called the summit an "incubator" for anti-Russian and anti-Chinese hysteria.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his "dear friend" President Vladimir Putin committed to a "no limits" partnership just before&nbsp;Russia's invasion on Ukraine in 2022, and have since further strengthened economic, political and military ties.
In a continued flurry of bilateral visits,&nbsp;Russia's Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin arrived in&nbsp;China&nbsp;late on Monday for talks with Chinese officials and businesses, adding to the West's unease over the two countries' relations.
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(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

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Moscow says G7 nuclear rhetoric intended to pressure Russia, China