“We talked about the war being waged by Russia and the concerns we have that China is planning to provide lethal support to Russia,” he said on CBS. Asked what this would imply concretely, the head of American diplomacy replied: “Mainly weapons”.
Caution
The two men met on Saturday evening in Munich, on the sidelines of the Security Conference, in an exchange that American diplomacy described as “frank and direct”.
The secretary of state warned of the “implications and consequences” for China if it were found to be providing “material support” to Russia in its war in Ukraine or helping it to escape the Western sanctions, State Department spokesman Ned Price said in reporting on the interview.
