28 Feb. () –
The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, has reiterated on Tuesday the concerns of the Joe Biden Administration regarding the possibility that the Government of China could authorize the supply of weapons to the Russian Army in the framework of the war against Ukraine.
“We very clearly warn China about the implications and consequences of providing such support,” Blinken said in statements to the press in Kazakhstan, where on Tuesday he met with the country’s president, Kasim Yomart Tokayev, and claimed sovereignty and independence of the asian nation.
Blinken has stressed that the Biden Administration “will not hesitate” to impose sanctions on Chinese individuals or companies that violate the sanctions imposed by Washington, or that in any way “participate in supporting the Russian war effort,” reports the US chain .
The Secretary of State has acknowledged that he already formulated these warnings to the head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, during their meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference last week; while President Biden did the same with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during the G20 summit in November in Indonesia.
“China cannot have it both ways when it comes to Russian aggression in Ukraine. It cannot put forward peace proposals on the one hand, while actually fueling the flames of the fire that Russia has started on the other,” the maximum has settled. American diplomatic representative.
This is not the first time that Washington has acknowledged its concern about the possibility that Beijing could supply Moscow with weapons. However, from Ukraine they have ruled out such a possibility for the moment because they consider that Russia is isolating internationally and only has the support of Iran.
