Officials did not say what kind of weapons were requested, or how China responded.
Sullivan wrote on social media that the administration was “communicating directly, privately to Beijing, that there will absolutely be consequences” for any Chinese efforts to assist Russia in evading the economic sanctions that have been imposed by Western allies.
“We will ensure that neither China, nor anyone else, can compensate Russia for these losses,” Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “In terms of the specific means of doing that, again, I’m not going to lay all of that out in public, but we will communicate that privately to China, as we have already done and will continue to do.”
According to Reuters, the Chinese embassy in the U.S. said that “the priority right now is to ensure the tense situation does not escalate or get out of control.” - China's priority is to prevent the tense situation in Ukraine from getting out of control, its embassy in the United States said on Sunday, responding to media reports Moscow had asked Beijing for military equipment since launching its invasion.“If Beijing is offering any type of military assistance to aid Moscow’s war in Ukraine, the spillover effects on U.S.-China policy could be vast,” Eric Sayers, a former adviser to the U.S.
“It would abruptly end debate about pathways to working with Beijing,” Sayers told the newspaper. “More importantly, it would push Washington to accelerate retaliatory and decoupling actions toward China and create new pressure on companies now doing business in China.”
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