White House building in Washington DC, USA. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 14U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told Chinese officials in Rome about their country's engagement with Russia amid the events in Ukraine and warned of possible consequences, a senior U.S. administration official said. «We have deep concerns about China's coordination with Russia at this time, and the national security adviser was outspoken about this and the potential consequences of some actions,» she said. She declined to comment on media reports that China was allegedly ready to provide military and economic assistance to Russia amid the operation in Ukraine and Western sanctions. «We do not communicate with China through the press, we communicate directly and privately,» the official said. In Rome, an American delegation led by Sullivan held talks on Monday with representatives of the PRC, which were headed by a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, head of the office of the commission CPC Foreign Affairs Central Committee Yang Jiechi.
US Warned China of Consequences for Russia's Assistance to Operation in UkraineRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.
