MBABANE:Joe Biden,the President of the United States(US) says China has not started sending weapons to Russia in support of Moscow amid the war in Ukraine,Aljazeera reported on Saturday morning.
“I’ve been hearing now for the past three months(that)China is going to provide significant weapons to Russia…They haven’t yet.Doesn’t mean they won’t but they haven’t yet.I don’t take China lightly. I don’t take Russia lightly,”Biden told a news conference on Friday during a visit to Canada.while also suggesting that reports of rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing had probably been “exaggerated”.
During a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow this week,the Russian and Chinese leaders hailed “the special nature” of their relations but Beijing did not commit to providing support for Russia’s depleted forces in Ukraine.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army at a military base in Beijing, China, in 2015 [File: Damir Sagolj/Reuters]