MFA China denies allegations of plans to supply arms to Russia

This is reported by Ukrinform citing a CNN story.

"The United States and other NATO countries are now constantly spreading that China may provide weapons to Russia, which is a ploy that was used and busted at the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a press briefing.

His comments came after NATO Secretary General Jens Sttenberg said on Tuesday that the alliance was "increasingly concerned that China might be planning lethal support for Russia’s war."

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In a speech on Wednesday, Wang said China is calling on NATO to "st smearing China with unfounded speculations on Ukraine, abandon the d Cd War mentality of zero-sum game and bloc confrontation, and st fomenting confrontation."

Wang also stated that the U.S. and other NATO countries are "the largest source of weapons to the battlefield of Ukraine."

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As Ukrinform reported earlier, President Vodymyr Zelensky said he had appealed to the Chinese government not to provide any support to Russia in the war on Ukraine.