Sunday, March 5, 2023

German Chancellor Scholz Says China Has Declared It Won’t Supply Russia With Weapons For Its War Against Ukraine

 

Politico: Germany’s Scholz says China ‘declared it will not deliver’ weapons to Russia  

European Commission chief von der Leyen says the EU has seen ‘no evidence’ that China is considering sending arms to Russia. 

MESEBERG, Germany — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday said China had declared it won’t supply Russia with weapons for its war against Ukraine, suggesting that Berlin has received bilateral assurances from Beijing on the issue. 

 Scholz was speaking at a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who told reporters that the EU has received “no evidence” so far from the U.S. that Beijing is considering supplying lethal support to Moscow. 

Senior U.S. officials including Secretary of State Antony Blinken have expressed deep concern in recent weeks that China could provide weapons such as kamikaze drones to Russia, which in turn triggered warnings to Beijing from EU politicians. Scholz himself urged Beijing last week to refrain from such actions and instead use its influence to convince Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.  

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Update: Scholz warns of ‘consequences’ if China sends arms to Russia (AP)  

WNU editor: No confirmation yet from Beijing.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

This kind of thing annoys countries. Let them make their own "declarations".

Anonymous said...

No need to. Russia is in control of the war.

Anonymous said...

China is so terrified of sanctions that if put on effect on them half of chinas population will die of hunger. Because western investors pay them salary🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😍😍

Anonymous said...

As I mentioned before China has only one concern - Taiwan.

If it become more than one it will be Hongkong and Taiwan
nothing else.

Given a direct conflict China would give up Island grabbed.

Anonymous said...

Don't think so.

Too much pride involved. Direct conflict (with US involvement) would probably mean battles in the near South China Sea over the Spratleys and Parcels. I do not think the Chinese would give up/back off easily.

But please feel free to say why you think so. I would be glad to here the reasons the Chinese

"would give up Island grabbed."

Anonymous said...

Feel free to do not think so. Stick to it

Anonymous said...

No reply is always an option. But you don't learn much about how the poster came to his conclusions