China does not want to "be hit" by sanctions on Russia.
This was reported by the Foreign Ministry.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi made it clear that China does not want to be the target of Western economic sanctions on Russia, according to state media reports, as pressure to withdraw support for Russia is mounting despite the invasion of Ukraine. .
"China is not part of the crisis, much less does it want to be hit by sanctions," said Wang, in the report of the phone call he had with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares, whose report was released today.
Yesterday China, through the head of diplomacy of the Chinese Communist Party Yang Jiechi, warned the United States not to spread "false information to distort or discredit China's position" regarding the crisis in Ukraine.
The warning was issued at a meeting in Rome with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, which was held following media leaks that Russia would seek military assistance from China in the military invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the Financial Times writes that the United States has told allies that China has signaled its readiness to provide military assistance to Russia in support of the invasion of Ukraine.
Financial Times sources on China's openness to provide military assistance to Russia cite State Department diplomatic cables to allies in Europe and Asia.
Neither the level nor the timing of the assistance is specified in the dispatches.
A Pentagon official - quoted by the Financial Times - refuses to say whether or not China has provided military support to Russia, merely specifying to observe the "situation closely. If China chooses to materially support Russia in this war, we will they will be consequences for Beijing ".
Words that echo and reiterate what was declared by the White House National Security Advisor, Jack Sullivan.
