United States is “deeply concerned” about the position of China of “alignment with Russia” facing the war in Ukrainesaid a White House official, after a high-level meeting in Rome.
The meeting between US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Yang Jiechi, top diplomat of the Chinese Communist Party, lasted seven hours, was “intense” and “very frank,” added the source, who requested anonymity.
The White House had released a statement citing “substantial discussion of Russia’s war against Ukraine” and stressing “the importance of keeping the lines of communication open between the United States and China.”
The official assured that the meeting was being prepared since December and did not want to comment on the information published by the US press that Moscow has asked China for economic and military aid for the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia, which is preparing for a default, denied this, while China accused the Americans of spreading “fake news”.
“We monitor very closely the extent to which China or any other country provides assistance to Russia, whether it is material, economic or financial,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Monday, adding that Beijing had “very significant influence.” ” about Moscow, which could allow it to “end this senseless violence” in Ukraine.
“We have made it very clear to Beijing that we will not sit idly by. We will not let any country make up for the losses Russia has suffered” due to Western sanctions, she added.
The United States has not specified what kind of Chinese actions could provoke a US response, or what it would consist of.
Washington has also blamed China for helping to spread Russian “lies” about alleged US chemical and biological weapons labs in Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, the Chinese communist regime has prioritized its friendship with Moscow and has refrained from asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his troops from Ukraine.
But the war in Ukraine puts Beijing’s professed “friendship without limits” to the test.
President Xi Jinping’s government seems surprised by the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian offensive and by the harshness of Western sanctions.
Source: Gestion
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