The Chinese government denied today that it wants to supply weapons to Russia to support the Russian offensive in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken claimed.

“We do not accept the US criticizing the relations between China and Russia, let alone exerting pressure and coercion,” said Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, accusing Washington of “spreading false information.”

Yesterday, Sunday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had warned that China was considering supplying weapons to Russiaafter meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Munich on the sidelines of the Security Conference.

“We talked about the war being waged by Russia and the concerns we have that China is considering providing lethal support to Russia,” Blinken told CBS.

Asked what that would mean specifically, the head of US diplomacy replied: “Mainly weapons.”

Blinken warned of “the consequences” for China of offering “material support” to Russia in its war in Ukraine or helping it evade Western sanctions, State’s spokesman said. Department Ned Price while briefing reporters on this conversation.

US Vice President Kamala Harris, who was in Munich on Saturday, had also questioned China’s neutrality.

The US is “concerned about the fact that Beijing since the beginning of the war has deepened its relations with Moscow”, Harris underlined.

“Any move by China to provide lethal support to Russia would only reward aggression, continue killing and further undermine a rules-based order,” the vice president warned.

“We call on the United States to think seriously about its own actions and do more to calm the situation, promote peace and dialogue, stop blaming others and spread false information,” his spokesman responded today. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“China’s position on the Ukraine issue can be summed up in one sentence, which is to encourage peace and promote dialogue,” the spokesman insisted.