Photo: AFP China on Monday called US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s claims that Beijing is considering sending weapons to Russia to help it in the war against Ukraine as “false.”
“It is the United States and not China that is constantly sending weapons to the battlefield”said the spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbinwhen being questioned in Beijing about the statements by the head of US diplomacy.
The spokesman called on the United States to “seriously reflect on its own actions and make more efforts to calm the situation, promote peace and dialogue, and stop blaming others and spreading false information“.
“China’s position on the Ukraine issue can be summed up in one sentence: encourage peace and promote dialogue,” he insisted at a press conference, the AFP news agency reported.
During last week’s Munich Security Conference in Germany, Blinken had issued warnings from China about the “consequences” of giving aid to Russia in the war against Ukraine.
Blinken met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Munich, an exchange that US diplomacy described as “frank and direct.”
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Yesterday, Blinken said in an interview on CBS that there is “concern” that China is considering sending “lethal support” to Russia for the offensive in Ukraine.
On Saturday, US Vice President Kamala Harris also questioned China’s neutrality at the meeting in Munich.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said his country did not accept that “America points the finger at China-Russia relations, let alone exert coercion and pressure.”
The spokesman for Chinese diplomacy also accused the United States of “spread false information”.
