An EU official said the message should be clear, China will face serious consequences if Beijing offers any military or financial support to Russia.
The long-delayed summit comes as relations between China and the EU are already strained due to Beijing's backing of Russia.
The EU plans to warn China that there will be consequences, including sanctions if it provides aid to"We want to hear from them why they have sided with the Russians," an EU official said, according to."And we will try and convince them that it's not in our joint best interests, especially since we know that this war is not going to be solved by tomorrow."
"We're not asking them to slovenly walk behind us and say, 'yes we love the EU.' We're asking them to look into the reality and see what is going on in Ukraine, and not actively side with or provide arms to Russia," the official added. An EU official said the message should be clear, China will face serious consequences if Beijing offers any military or financial support to the Kremlin to circumvent sanctions.
China argues that sanctions against Russia are also hurting China's economy. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin pointed out that among the 193Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin recently said that normal trade and economic exchanges between countries and Russia Here, Wenbin listens to a question at the daily Foreign Ministry briefing in Beijing on July 24, 2020.
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