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On Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Chinese firms were already providing “non-lethal support” and were on the verge of also supplying “lethal support” to Vladimir Putin’s invasion effort in Ukraine.
Following a meeting with Chinese diplomat Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Mr Blinken revealed the US had new intelligence suggesting as much in an interview with CBS News.
Beijing has, however, denied the allegations – a foreign ministry spokesperson saying on Monday: “We do not accept the United States’ finger-pointing on China-Russia relations, let alone coercion and pressure.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping is a longtime ally of Putin, but has maintained an overtly neutral stance since the war in Ukraine began 12 months ago. Throughout 2022, Chinese imports of Russian fuel made up for much of the Kremlin’s losses in the EU market.
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