CIA Director Burns “Confident” China Is Considering Sending Lethal Aid to Russia

TThe United States is “confident” That China Is “considering” Send lethal aid Russia For Its war CIA Director, Ukraine William Burns In a new interview.

Burns made these comments in An interview CBS Television Network Face the Nation Airing Sunday, one week following U.S. Secretary Of State Antony Blinken Beijing was publicly accused of considering such an action, and Blinken responded. Burns claimed that Blinken’s warnings were deterrence efforts. China is struggling to keep up with the demands of Burns. Presenting itself As a neutral mediator in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, while maintaining its “no limits” Partnering with Moscow

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“Well, we’re confident that the Chinese leadership is considering the provision of lethal equipment. We also don’t see that a final decision has been made yet, and we don’t see evidence of actual shipments of lethal equipment,” The CIA Margaret Brennan, director, was told by Margaret Brennan, anchor. “That’s why, I think, Secretary Blinken and the President have thought it important to make very clear what the consequences of that would be as well…because it would be a very risky and unwise bet.”

“I think the Chinese are also trying to weigh the consequences of, you know, what the concerns we’ve expressed are, you know, about providing lethal equipment,” He later added. “Where’s the point at which, you know, they would run into some pretty serious consequences. And that’s what we’ve tried to make clear.”

Beijing’s delicate balance act of appeasing Ukraine’s allies and the Kremlin has caused more friction with West.

China was one 32 countries who abstained on Thursday from a U.N. vote calling for Russian forces in Ukraine to be immediately withdrawn. Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Wednesday that Xi was his. “agreed” Moscow. This summit is expected to occur in the next months.

Interview with President Joe Biden ABC News That Friday aired that he didn’t expect China to supply lethal weapons to Russia to use in Ukraine. David Muir of ABC reported that he had promised the U.S. “would respond” If this were to happen,

“I don’t anticipate- we haven’t seen it yet,” Biden said. “But I don’t anticipate a major initiative on the part of China providing weaponry to Russia.”

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The U.S. government began speaking Media outlets About diplomatic efforts to convince Beijing not to grant the Kremlin its weapons request, after Blinken made public the U.S. assessment.

“Our message to the [People’s Republic of China] has been consistent: They would decide to provide lethal assistance or to provide systematic assistance to Russia in its sanctions evasion at their own peril,” Ned Price, spokesperson State Department, told reporters on Thursday. “It would come with costs and consequences from the United States, from the international community.”