Ukraine war: US warns China to halt exports that support Russia or face ‘further steps’
- Top American diplomat said to have ‘made clear’ to senior PRC officials that ‘ensuring transatlantic security is a core US interest’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “made clear” during his meetings in April with senior PRC senior officials that “ensuring transatlantic security is a core US interest”, an official in Blinken’s department told reporters.
“PRC companies are providing Russia with significant quantities of machine tools, microelectronics, optics, UAV and cruise-missile technology, and nitrocellulose, which Russia uses to make propellant for weapons.
“These materials are filling critical gaps in Russia’s defence industrial base, which had otherwise suffered significant setbacks due to our sanctions and export controls.”
The provision of nitrocellulose has come up repeatedly in discussions among Washington policymakers about what constitutes the provision of lethal aid to Russia.
