But China, how far is she ready to go? Is she planning to supply military equipment to Russia, “lethal support“As Antony Blinken, the head of American diplomacy, declared earlier this week? China denies it. Sylvie Bermann wonders: “China’s interest is for the war in Ukraine to end quickly.”
Supplying arms means taking the risk of suffering US extraterritorial sanctions.
“The risk is that Washington adopts sanctions against Chinese companies and they do not want to find themselves in this situation.“
“If China were to openly sell shells, missiles, lethal material to Russia, it would undermine Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, it would be likely to reverse the balance of power”, worries Nicolas Gosset. “It is to be hoped that China adopts a posture of mediation on the war in Ukraine, that Beijing makes useful use of the strength of its ties with Moscow to try to bring Russian power back to more reason and to a door of conciliation.“
Visiting Moscow on Tuesday and Wednesday February 21 and 22, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said he wanted to discuss security issues with Moscow. The Chinese official would have taken the opportunity to present his vision for a “political settlementof the conflict in Ukraine. China is expected to disclose details to the rest of the world before the end of the week.
