BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry on Thursday denied that China supplied weapons to parties in the Ukraine war, and accused “relevant NATO personnel” of slandering China’s “normal military build-up”. Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, made the remarks in a regular press briefing in response to NATO chief Mark Rutte saying there was […]
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China never supplied weapons to parties in the Ukraine war, foreign ministry says
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s foreign ministry on Thursday denied that China supplied weapons to parties in the Ukraine war, and accused “relevant NATO personnel” of slandering China’s “normal military build-up”.
Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, made the remarks in a regular press briefing in response to NATO chief Mark Rutte saying there was a “massive build-up” of the military in China, and that China was supporting the war effort in Ukraine.
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Himani Sarkar)