THE China today denied allegations by U.S. officials that Russia he asked her military assistance on the war in Ukraine and accused Washington of spreading “Malicious misinformation” which is in danger of escalating the conflict.
“The United States has repeatedly spread malicious misinformation against China over Ukraine,” she said. Chinese Embassy in London in a statement to Reuters.
“China plays a constructive role in promoting peace talks” he added.
“The first priority now is to alleviate the situation, instead of adding fuel to the fire and work towards a diplomatic settlement, instead of escalating the situation further.”
“We are not affected”
At the same time Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated today that his country refuses to be influenced by Western sanctions against Russiaas reported by Xinhua.
“China is not involved in the crisis (in Ukraine) and even less wants to be affected by the sanctions,” Wang said in a telephone interview with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares.
According to Wang, Beijing “opposes the use of sanctions to solve problems, especially unilateral sanctions not based on international law “.
“China has the right to safeguard its rights and its legitimate interests,” he said.
The The US is worried that China will support Russia. Beijing has not condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and accused the West of being responsible for it due to the “expansion” of NATO.
Washington has also described the harmonization of “China’s position with that of Russia” on the issue of the war in Ukraine as “deeply worrying”, a high-ranking White House official said on Monday. meeting they had in Rome The US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Yang Yiechi, the highest-ranking official of the Communist Party of China responsible for diplomacy.
The US official did not want to comment on the information of the American press, according to which Moscow asked Beijing for financial and military assistance for its invasion of Ukraine.
“We are watching very closely the extent to which China or any other country is offering assistance to Russia, whether it is material, financial or financial assistance,” he said yesterday. State Department spokesman Ned Price.
“We have made it clear to Beijing that we will not stand idly by. “We will not allow any country to make up for the losses suffered by Russia,” he added, due to Western sanctions.
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