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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour in Munich

China may be on brink of supplying arms to Russia, says Blinken

Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, speaks at the Munich security conference.
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, speaks at the Munich security conference. Photograph: Anna Szilagyi/EPA

The US has said it believes China may be about to provide lethal aid to help Russia in the war in Ukraine, prompting a direct warning against doing so from the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, to China’s top diplomat.

Blinken made the warning to the Chinese state councillor Wang Yi on Saturday evening at a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich security conference during which he also rebuked China over the use of an alleged spy balloon over US soil.

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