WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Brinken said on Thursday that Beijing had probably approved the provision of non-weapon “dual-use” assistance by Chinese companies to support Russia’s war in Ukraine. The statement underscores growing US concerns that China will go further and provide arms to the Russian military in Ukraine.
Last week, Brinken told China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, a Politburo member of the Communist Party of China, not to supply weapons to Russia.warned. The United States has previously sanctioned Chinese companies for supporting the war, including sanctions against a Chinese satellite company that provided images of Ukrainian sites to Russian mercenaries.
“There is some non-weapon dual-use support from so-called ‘Chinese companies’ that almost certainly has state approval, because there really is no difference,” Blinken said in a dialogue hosted by The Atlantic magazine on Thursday. However, it is not military assistance with lethal force.”comment. “However, we have also received information in the last couple of months that China is now seriously considering it,” he said.
He also hoped to receive the message that China’s military aid to Russia could damage its international reputation as it seeks to move away from years of a “zero-corona” policy and become more involved in global diplomacy. said it does.
“We are hopeful that China will get that message in a very clear way. It’s not just ours, but other countries that we don’t want China to substantively support or abide in Russia’s war in Ukraine.” It’s because it’s from many countries,” he said, adding, “As China emerges from the novel coronavirus, as long as China is aiming to resume its engagement with other countries in a ‘charm offensive’ (smiling diplomacy), Russia “It would be better not to get involved in further alienating these countries by providing arms to the United States.”
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