In China, they are outraged that the information about the negotiations on the sale of weapons to Russia was published on the Internet. Beijing accuses the Kremlin of leaking data.
China hid any support for the Russian regime. This was told to journalists by an anonymous official of the European Union.
China has insisted that any support be kept strictly confidential, as publicity undermines Beijing's claim to “maintain neutrality.”
Hypocrisy with a “peace plan”
By the way, the publication also claims that Ukraine's allies rejected China's “peace initiative” due to a leak of information about possible arms supplies to Russia. Of course, against this background, Beijing's attempt looked hypocrisy.
However, the West is convinced that China will not start real arms deliveries to the Kremlin now. Such assurances from the Chinese top diplomat Wang I received EU High Representative Josep Borrell. US President Joe Biden also said that he “does not expect a big initiative from China to supply weapons to Russia.”
What preceded this
- In late February, NATO said there were “signs” that China was “considering and possibly planning” to send weapons to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. The Alliance strongly urged not to do so.
- However, on March 2, the Chinese Foreign Ministry accused the United States of “inflating fire and lies” because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
- The White House clarified that China has not yet supplied weapons for the war, but this issue has not yet been removed from discussion.
