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Washington has warned China to desist from assisting Russia in its war against Ukraine, saying the consequences will be severe should China not listen.
The National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan made this known in a clear statement to director of China’s office of the Foreign Affairs Commission Yang Jiechi during a meeting in Italy on Sunday.
“We are watching very closely the extent to which the PRC [the People’s Republic of China] or any country in the world provides support – material, economic, financial, rhetorical, otherwise – to this war of choice that President [Vladimir] Putin is waging” against Ukraine, Price said.
“And we have been very clear – both privately with Beijing, publicly with Beijing – that there would be consequences for any such support.”
Russia began its onslaught of Ukraine in February and have since invaded some parts of the country with a lot of casualties already recorded in the crisis in a bid to stop Ukraine from teaming up with NATO to form an alliance.
The war, which prompted a swift sanctions campaign by the US and its allies against Russia, has pushed more than 2.8 million people to flee Ukraine, according to the United Nations, as Russian forces besiege and bombard Ukrainian towns and cities.
China has urged “restraint” in the conflict and expressed support for talks to end the war, but it has not denounced the invasion.
Late last month, China abstained from a UN Security Council proposal that aimed to condemn the Russian assault on Ukraine. The measure was vetoed by Russia.
China’s body language on the on-going crisis appear like that of neutrality but its actions are in the opposite.
Many US media outlets reported, citing unidentified American officials, that Moscow was seeking military assistance from Beijing.
China has accused the US of trying to spread rumours about it to the world over the on-going crisis in between Russia and Ukraine. China Foreign minister Zhao Lijian said America is targeting China on the issues with malicious intentions.
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