Beijing maintains an “above board” position on the crisis, its foreign minister has said, urging Washington to drop “indiscriminate” sanctions
Washington should stop “smearing” China, especially when it comes to Beijing’s stance on the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Wang Yi has told US counterpart Antony Blinken.
The two top diplomats met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York to discuss tensions in bilateral relations and international issues. Hostilities between Moscow and Kiev loomed large on the agenda, as Blinken rebuked China for what he claimed was the fueling of Russia’s “war machine.”
The US Secretary of State charged that while Beijing says it wants peace, it is “allowing its companies to take actions that are actually helping [Russian President Vladimir] Putin continue the aggression, that doesn’t add up.”
Wang Yi fired back, saying, as quoted by China’s Foreign Ministry, that “the United…