Beijing justifies economic and trade cooperation with Moscow and does not consider it to be a denunciation by the US administration, Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu told Tass.
The diplomat commented on a bill presented in the US Senate that would impose sanctions against China, which allegedly supported Russia’s special military operations in Ukraine. He said Beijing “has never provided deadly weapons to any party to the conflict” and “executes strict export controls on double use articles.”
“Like other countries, China will carry out normal economic and trade cooperation with Russia on the basis of equality and mutual interests. This is justified and beyond denunciation,” Liu Pengyu pointed out. “We are strictly opposed to unilateral US sanctions and abuse of ‘long-term arm jurisdiction’,” he pointed out.
“China will closely follow the situation and firmly protect its legitimate rights and interests,” the diplomat concluded.
On August 1, Senators Jeanne Shaheen (New Hampshire Democrat) and John Cornyn (Texas Republican), who are members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and members of the Approximately Expenditure Committee, introduced the bill to the U.S. Senate, which allows for the possibility of impose sanctions on individuals in China. Lawmakers believe adopting the bill will help negotiate a settlement in Ukraine’s crisis.
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