China urges US not to undermine trade ties between Beijing and Moscow
Chinese Embassy in the US Press Secretary Liu Pengyu stressed that Russia-China trade relations are built on the basis of equality and mutual benefit; and the US should not destroy it.
According to TASS news agency on July 25, the press secretary of the Chinese Embassy in the US, Liu Pengyu, said that China asked Washington not to undermine normal economic and trade relations between Beijing and Moscow.
“China's right to normalize economic and trade relations with all countries, including Russia, on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, should not be undermined,” Chinese diplomat Liu Pengyu stressed.
Liu Pengyu's comments came after US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink said Beijing had supported Russia's special military operations in Ukraine by providing support to the Russian defense industry, which the US said had a destabilizing effect.
The Chinese Embassy in the US also said Washington's accusations that China supports Russia's military-industrial complex through trade are baseless.
“The US is taking action to help Ukraine, while making groundless accusations about the normal economic and trade relations between China and Russia. This approach is hypocritical and irresponsible, and China firmly opposes it,” Liu Pengyu stressed.
