China will not be able to significantly mitigate the damage that would be caused to Russia by the sanctions of Western countries, which are possible in the event of an aggravation of the situation in Ukraine. About this in an interview with CBS declared Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Jake Sullivan.
According to Sullivan, “the leading democracies” account for about 50% of the world economy, while China and Russia account for 20%. “China will not be able to compensate Russia for the losses it will suffer if the United States and its allies introduce economic measures,” Sullivan said.
Borrell called Russia and China a “powerful authoritarian alliance”
On February 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing. He met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and held three-hour talks with him.
Following the meeting, the parties signed a joint statement in which they called on NATO “to abandon the ideological approaches of the Cold War era, to respect the sovereignty, security and interests of other states, the diversity of their civilizational, cultural and historical ways.” China supported Russia’s demands for security guarantees, and Moscow recognized Taiwan as part of the PRC. The countries also called on the nuclear states to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in their national security policies.