Kremlin: Russia and China tolerate pressure from the West

According to the international group of Tasnim news agency, quoted by “Novosti” news agency, Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin, announced last night that any contact between the leaders of Russia and the People's Republic of China will attract the attention of the whole world due to their importance, although the views in The development of relations between Moscow and Beijing is different.

Peskov emphasized: “Russia and China are independent countries that value their sovereignty and make decisions about the country's development on their own, and in this regard they experience a lot of pressure from the West, but with enough self-confidence against this “The pressures are resisting.”

The press secretary of the Russian President pointed out that Moscow and Beijing will emphasize on strengthening multilateral and bilateral cooperation in the upcoming negotiations, and added: The officials of the two countries should discuss many issues of mutual interest. In this regard, Peskov announced that the preparations for Vladimir Putin's visit to China are in their final stages. According to him, after the agreement with the Chinese partners, the time of this trip will be announced jointly.

On Thursday, on the sidelines of the Congress of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Russia, Vladimir Putin confirmed his plan to visit China in May.

Blinken's criticism of sending technical equipment from China to Russia and threatening new sanctions

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during his visit to Beijing and after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, admitted in an interview with NPR radio that China does not supply weapons and military equipment to Russia, but the goods that come from China to Russia It is supplied to be used in the production of various weapons for the military conflict in Ukraine.

He said: China currently does not provide weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, like North Korea and Iran. Of course, Beijing is Russia's number one supplier of the most important parts and equipment needed to rebuild the military industry base – machine tools, microelectronics, optics, and more.

In this interview, Blinken threatened: if Beijing does not stop its support for the Russian military industrial complex, the United States is ready to increase pressure on China, especially by imposing new sanctions. He once again accused China of supplying double-valued goods (used for industrial purposes) to Russia.

According to him, supporting Russia is “the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War” and the Chinese side cannot demand to expand its relations with Europe and help Russia at the same time. Blinken added: “As I made clear today in talks with Chinese officials, ensuring transatlantic security is a key interest of the United States, and if Beijing doesn't solve this problem, we will.”

Emphasizing that the US has so far sanctioned more than 100 Chinese companies because of their business relations with Russia, the US foreign minister noted that there are other measures that Washington may resort to.

Anthony Blinken had talked with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi for about five hours before meeting the Chinese president.

According to a CNN report, China's foreign minister made it clear that acute tensions remain between the two powers and accused the United States of taking “endless measures to suppress China's economy, trade, science and technology.” ».

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