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Helen Davidson in Taipei

China foreign minister warns against ‘fuelling the fire’ over Ukraine conflict

Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang
Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang has warned the west to stop “fuelling the fire” in Ukraine, Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

China’s new foreign minister has accused the US of shifting blame for the Ukraine war on to China, in an apparent pushback against warnings from Washington that China is considering supplying weapons to Russia.

Speaking on Tuesday morning, at the launch of a Chinese government paper on its global security initiative, Qin Gang said China was “deeply concerned” about the war in Ukraine escalating and possibly “spiralling out of control”.

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