“NATO” warns China against sending material support to Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine

On Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg accused China of providing political support to Russia in the attack on Ukraine and warned Beijing against sending material support to Moscow’s war effort..

“China has provided political support to Russia, including spreading blatant lies and misinformation,” Stoltenberg said on Thursday ahead of an emergency summit of NATO leaders. “Allies are concerned that China may provide material support for the Russian invasion.”

“As a member of the UN Security Council, I urge China to accept its responsibilities and join forces with the rest of the world in calling for an immediate and peaceful end to this war by refraining from supporting Moscow’s war efforts,” he added. .

Stoltenberg stressed that NATO leaders will decide tomorrow (Thursday) at their summit to strengthen the defensive position with four new war groups in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia. . “

This coincides with US President Joe Biden’s visit to Europe, where he will seek to strengthen Western solidarity and increase sanctions against Russia, which seeks to change the balance of power in the post-Cold War period with its invasion of Ukraine. ..

Jake Sullivan, the U.S. president’s national security adviser, said Tuesday that “in recent months, the West has been united. The president is going to Europe to ensure we are united” and to send a strong message that “we are ready and determined as needed.”

Within a month of the conflict, Russian forces had not yet taken control of the capital, Kiev, or the strategic coastal city of strategic Mariupol in the south, but fierce fighting continued in several cities..

Washington has previously warned that China would retaliate if it supplied military equipment to Russia. As the National Security Adviser confirmed Tuesday, so far the United States has not recorded anything like this.

Biden warned his Chinese envoy, Xi Jinping, during a phone call lasting about two hours on Friday about the “consequences” China would face if it aided its war with neighboring Russia..

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