China will suffer from possible Western sanctions against Russia, Sullivan said

Jake SullivanWASHINGTON Feb. 6 US national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned that China would incur costs in escalation around Ukraine, and called for this to be taken into account when planning contacts with Russia in the coming weeks. In an interview with NBC television, Sullivan explained that Chinese companies would, in particular, have negative consequences for refusing to follow the sanctions that Western countries are preparing against Russia in case if she invades Ukraine. Russia denies the aggressive plans attributed to it towards the neighboring country.Putin and Xi defend democracy from «democrats» «The sanctions we are about to impose will affect China because they will hit the Russian financial system, which interacts with the Chinese economy too. China will have a choice whether to comply with the sanctions. If it solves them not comply, that is, the penalties that come with this decision,” he said. “Fundamentally, from our point of view, we believe that Beijing will bear part of the costs of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and they need to take this into account when planning contacts with the Russian government in the next couple of weeks,” Sullivan added. In an interview with ABC, he also noted that, according to American calculations, China is not able to compensate Russia for losses from potential sanctions. “We believe that the Russians and the Chinese understand this too,” said Sullivan.Russia and China have left the West in the minorityKiev and Western states have recently been constantly declaring an alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that the West's statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Since 2014, NATO countries, led by the United States, have been supplying weapons to Ukraine and training its military, which directly violates the Minsk agreements and negatively affects the settlement in Donbass. In addition to the Americans, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia participate in deliveries totaling billions of dollars. >Putin explained what could start a war between Russia and NATO