United States threatens China with retaliation if it provides military aid to Russia

By Edward Era Barbacena

The US government threatened China with retaliation for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, just hours after the meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping .

"We are concerned that they are considering directly supporting Russia with military equipment that would be used in Ukraine. President Biden will speak to President Xi tomorrow, telling him clearly that China will bear responsibility for any act aimed at supporting Russian aggression ." and we will not hesitate to impose a cost on it ," US diplomat Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

" We view with concern that China intends to give Russia direct military assistance ," he added.

This is the clearest warning issued by the United States to China since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine and it comes just hours before a talk between the two presidents, scheduled for Friday.

The US government threatened China with retaliation for supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, just hours after the meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping .

"We are concerned that they are considering directly supporting Russia with military equipment that would be used in Ukraine. President Biden will speak to President Xi tomorrow, telling him clearly that China will bear responsibility for any act aimed at supporting Russian aggression ." and we will not hesitate to impose a cost on it ," US diplomat Antony Blinken said on Thursday.

" We view with concern that China intends to give Russia direct military assistance ," he added.

This is the clearest warning issued by the United States to China since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine and it comes just hours before a talk between the two presidents, scheduled for Friday.