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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, as tensions eased between the two superpowers despite a range of disagreements..
While Blinken praised diplomacy that helped make progress, he warned that his country would not back down from its concerns about China’s exports to Russia, hinting that Washington could impose additional sanctions..
Blinken said China is pushing the “war machine” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.. He said: “When Beijing says on the one hand that it wants peace and that it wants to end the conflict, and on the other hand allows its companies to take measures that help Putin to continue the attack, it is this is problematic.”“. Blinken considered, “To the extent that this relationship includes providing Russia with what it needs to continue this war, this is a problem for us, and a problem for many other countries, especially in Europe.”“.
Wang told Blinken during the meeting that China’s position on the conflict in Ukraine is “open and clear, always calls for peace and dialogue, and works to find a political solution,” according to a ministry statement Chinese Foreign Affairs Saturday..
Wang stressed, “The United States must stop slandering China and imposing sanctions on it, and refrain from using this issue to create divisions and incite confrontation.”“.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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2024-09-29 02:39:26