WASHINGTON, United States — A high-level
US delegation meets in Rome Monday with a top Chinese official, the White House
said as it warned Beijing would face severe “consequences” if it helps Russia
evade sanctions over its war in Ukraine.
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National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Yang
Jiechi, the
Chinese Communist Party’s chief diplomat, “will discuss ongoing
efforts to manage the competition between our two countries and discuss the
impact of Russia’s war against Ukraine on regional and global security,”
National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said Sunday in a statement.
It is a concern of ours, and we have communicated to Beijing that we will not stand by and allow any country to compensate Russia for its losses from the economic sanctions.
Beijing has declined to directly condemn Moscow for
launching its invasion, and has repeatedly blamed
NATO’s “eastward expansion”
for worsening tensions between Russia and Ukraine, echoing the Kremlin’s prime
security grievance.
Sullivan made a round of Sunday talk shows to say
the
White House was “watching closely” to see whether China provides material
or economic support to Russia to help it evade the punishing impact of
sanctions.
“It is a concern of ours, and we have communicated
to Beijing that we will not stand by and allow any country to compensate
Russia for its losses from the economic sanctions,” he said on CNN show “State of the
Union.”
Sullivan said that while he did not wish to
“brandish threats” against major economic rival China, “we are communicating
directly, privately to Beijing that there will absolutely be consequences for
large-scale sanctions-evasion efforts.”
Beijing said this past week that its friendship with Russia
remains “rock solid” despite international condemnation of Moscow, and has
expressed an openness to help mediate an end to the war.
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