German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that China “declared” it will not provide Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine despite US claims, signaling that the German leader received some sort of assurance from Beijing.
“We all agree that there should be no arms deliveries, and the Chinese government has declared that it will not deliver any either,” Scholz said at a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, according to POLITICO. “We insist on this, and we are monitoring it.”
Von der Leyen said that the US has provided “no evidence” to back up its assertion that China is considering arming Russia. “So far, we have no evidence of this, but we have to observe it every day,” she said.
While making the accusation, US officials have also signaled they don’t have evidence to back it up. When asked on Thursday how serious China is about arming Russia, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby replied, “We actually don’t know the answer to that question.” Kirby and other US officials have said they’ve seen no evidence that China has already sent weapons.
The US started making the accusation before China presented a 12-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, a proposal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed openness to but was rejected by President Biden. Beijing also recently told the UN General Assembly that sending weapons to be used in the Ukraine war would prolong the conflict.
After making the claim, the US started pushing its allies to pledge to join in on sanctions against China if it does start arming Russia. In an interview that aired Sunday, Scholz said there would be “consequences” for Beijing if it shipped weapons for Russia’s use in the war.
On Friday, Scholz met with President Biden in Washington DC. According to a White House readout of the meeting, the two leaders “reiterated their commitment to impose costs on Russia for its aggression for as long as necessary.” Scholz and Biden only offered brief remarks to the press before their meeting and did not hold the customary joint press conference afterward.
The last time Scholz was in Washington and held a joint press conference with Biden was on February 7, 2022. At the press conference, President Biden vowed to “bring an end” to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invaded Ukraine. A recent report from investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleged that the Biden administration was already plotting to bomb both Nord Stream pipelines.
“We actually don’t know the answer to that question.” — but does that matter? apparently not to those in power. Truth is the first casualty of war.
Well said, well said.
courtesy of the late great senator of California Hiram Johnson of course
Did Olaf Scholz fly back with that white paper in his hand to Berlin for a photo op?
Russia needs no Chinese weapons. Scholz is just trying to demonstrate his importance. When it will be clear that Russian army uses only Russian weapons, Germans may think, it is because China is afraid of Scholz.
When it will be clear that the Russian army uses only Russian weapons? Scholz thinks China is afraid of Scholz; internal fourth-front Germans know the truth— Western politicians believe their own propaganda and the fourth front knows it comes from Hillywood.
Well if China did supply weapons to Russia they could use the same language as the Brits when supplying the Saudi DICTATORSHIP with BOMBS & BULLETS they are not to be used for AGGRESSION , as we all know the Saudis are using UK weapons in Yemen .
Like Biden removing the “O” (offensive) from our weapons being sent to the Saudis and replacing them with a “D” (defensive).
I had to smile at a couple of the points that China made in their 12 point peace plan because they subtly attack Biden’s manufactured reputation for holding the higher moral ground.
– Nations should respect the sovereignty of all countries. (Get out of Syria and stop interfering in elections, especially in Taiwan.)
– Abandon the Cold War mentality
– Avoid fanning the flames and aggravating tensions (Hillary popularized this approach to regime change. It’s still the “go to” strategy of the US State Department.)
– Resume negotiation (Something Biden doesn’t want, but can’t publicly admit he doesn’t want.)
– Facilitate Grain Exports (without discrimination.)
– Stop 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 sanctions. (Chins is calling them what they are. Ironically, China’s emphasis on the word “illegal” might do what Congress and the Courts have failed to do. All of that power that Biden has grabbed from the Constitution using the “Ukraine” excuse might have to be returned.
-Keep industrial and supply chains stable (Biden should stop pretending that National Security is the reason for sanctions, clearly intended to thwart competition.
– Promote post-conflict reconstruction (Love this one ! Xi is not going to let Biden get away with rearming Ukraine after a peace agreement is signed because Biden undermined the Minsk agreements.)
Conculusion: Joe Biden is a global plutocrat that lies through his teeth and is almost without fail motivated by profit.
The usa with its 5% of the worlds population has 1000 toxic-spewing military bases literally all over the world while its spending on militarism equals https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9c8de4239b191f9f81d8030b87af8151200f5c5ea9ae33b0b4ca4a3f880fec3c.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8a950d2e667c2c4f6b9dc041404926a62ae10f38a868d0ac53d5ca8b1a57af2b.jpg the rest of the world combinded, as it decides where it bombs and occupies and they are they [good guys]? BS!
Everybody knows the US is at war with China, Iran and Russia and that Russia is holding the west outside its borders this time, so far. China is preparing for the already announced US attack on it in 2025.
The Eurasian war is on. Iran is linked to the belt and road via the Volga river in Russia and the Mediterranean via Russia’s Don river and its canal to the Volga. Russia has just recently invested invested two billion dollars in the Iranian province east of Baghdad, and that province was subsequently attacked by Israel. The Eurasian war is raging. We’re on the eve of destruction and its being pushed by the US.
How many times have you beat your wife this year? Great US logic, isn’t it?
As for China, they are helping Arm Russia, they do it by helping them get chips and other things they need for manufacturing them, they are also setting up factories to make drones and even possibly weapons in Belarus, allowing them to claim it’s Belarus who is helping, not China.
If they were serious about stopping China from aiding Russia, they would talk about the various cut-outs that China is employing. But that’s not really what they are concerned about, they are only concerned with the appearance of things. They want China to look like bad guys and they want to make themselves look tough and effective by acting like they are dictating terms to China. They would Love it if China would start openly arming Russia, they could then blame China, when Ukraine loses, rather than their own stupidity in regards to talking Ukraine into taking on Russia.
China does what it wants, how it wants to and as usual China is putting it’s own interests first and foremost by playing both sides.
Furthermore, it’s not as if China doesn’t understand how completely hypocritical it is for the US to send arms to Ukraine, while telling China they can’t send arms to Russia. They know it’s hypocritical, they also know that the entire world knows it’s hypocritical. Therefore they know that they have won a propaganda coup by not openly arming Anyone in the conflict.
It makes them the only grown up in the room and leaders around the world see this and take note. If China can continue to avoid directly arming Russia, they will come out of this mess as the only super power not hurt by this war either economically or diplomatically.
Why would anyone believe anything our governement says? They are the biggest war mongering nihlist organization on the planet and they refuse to apologize for lying even when caught red handed. It’s truly an embarrassment that they represent me.
“After making the claim, the US started pushing its allies to pledge to join in on sanctions against China if it does start arming Russia.”
This is why the US made its unsubstantiated – and likely bogus – claim:
as a pretext for actively drumming up European ‘commitments’ for a trade and potentially hot war with the other Cold War enemy, China.
‘Oh look, they’re gonna give the Russians weapons – you’re with us punishing ’em for that, just like ya’ did with Russia, huh? In for a dime, in for a dollar, eh, boys?’
China would then dump the rest of the bonds/treasuries it holds. Something like $909 billion.
gonna look into that, thx
Yes, the PRC could hurt the US by trying to “dump” the US bonds/treasuries it holds.
And the US could in turn hurt the PRC by declaring those specific bonds/treasuries null and void, meaning that no one would buy the “dump” and the PRC would be out $909 billion in accounts receivable.
If China stops export of the rare earth metals to US, it would be much more efficient. It could create a real havoc.
China makes the chips, Russia manufactures the weapons. Nearly every weapon the RF uses is Russian made. I think maybe it’s the Russians who would be arming the Chinese.
“Scholtz and Von Der Leyen said” … ah, the call of the common European yellow-bellied satrap-bird, commonly seen and heard in many Western European capitals. It is a lying bird, not to be trusted to even care for its own brood.
And all Russia has to do is just step aside and let few billion people just come through to Europe. Solve the problem of arrogant Schultz, Macron, Vin Der Layen types .
The man is threaening with consequences if China provides arms to Russia? And what does it mean “provide”. There are jointly produced weapons, factories in any number of countries. US avoids in the same way the issue of arms trade. Just purchasing shares in various weapons producing companies makes shipment of arms a non-issue.