US: China will face consequences if it helps Russia

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is expected to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on Monday, warned Beijing that it would face "absolute certainty" consequences if it helped Moscow avoid the scourge. war in Ukraine.

Russia has demanded military equipment from China since launching its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, raising concerns in the White House that Beijing could undermine Western efforts to help Ukrainian forces defend their country. the Financial Times, citing US officials.

Asked earlier about the allegations, Liu Pengju, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., said: "I have never heard of them.

The spokesman said China considered the current situation in Ukraine "worrying" and added: "We support and encourage all efforts that contribute to a peaceful settlement of the crisis."

Liu also said that "the greatest possible efforts should be made to support Russia and Ukraine in continuing the negotiations despite the difficult situation in order to achieve a peaceful outcome."

Sullivan told CNN on Sunday that Washington believed China knew Russia was planning some action in Ukraine before the invasion, although Beijing may not have fully understood what was being planned.

Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation."

Beijing's priority is to prevent the crisis in Ukraine from getting out of control in Ukraine to get out of control

China's priority is to prevent the tense situation in Ukraine from spiraling out of control, its embassy in the United States said today, responding to media reports that Moscow has been asking Beijing for military equipment since it began its invasion.

"The current situation in Ukraine is really worrying," said Liu Pengyu in a statement. "The high priority now is to prevent the escalation of the tense situation or even get it out of control."

Source: KYPE