US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the US will impose new sanctions on China if China helps the Russian Federation regarding the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine. He made a relevant statement after the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister He Lifeng of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. TASS.
According to the minister, in conversations with the Deputy Prime Minister, he noted that it is extremely important for the United States that Chinese companies do not provide material support to the Russian military-industrial complex, and the American side is “ready to impose.” additional sanctions.” He said Washington wants Beijing to “stop this.”
“We see evidence that Chinese companies – of course, I am not saying with the knowledge of the Chinese government – but some Chinese private companies are facilitating the supply of such equipment and materials to Russia and some financial institutions. “We can be involved in the process of facilitating this flow,” Yellen said.
Before that, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken aforementionedWashington received assurances from Beijing that China could not supply lethal weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine.
Formerly US Secretary of State statedThat Russia and China currently pose “the most serious threat to world order” on the planet.