China Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao LijianMOSCOW, 4 Jun. The United States military budget is several hundred times greater than the amount of funds allocated for the development of international trade, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on Twitter. The picture published in the post shows a mountain of dollars allocated by Washington to support Ukraine. Nearby is a modest bundle of banknotes representing all American investments in ten countries that are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (SEA). It follows from the image that the White House has already donated about 400 times more for Ukraine than for the Southeast Asian countries. Publication by the Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC dated June 4, 2022 in the social network
The publication of the Deputy Director of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC dated June 4, 2022 on the social network «A 400-fold difference shows how much the US government loves to fight,» the Chinese diplomat emphasized. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, by the end of March, the Russian army had completed the main tasks of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was called the liberation of Donbass. Against this background, the United States and its NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Joe Biden signed the law on lend-lease, tens of billions of dollars are allocated for military assistance to Kyiv. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target. sharply answered the question about Ukraine and relations with the West
