Experts: China may start supplying arms to Russia if the situation turns into crisis

Seoul, February 27 – RIA Novosti. There is a possibility that China will supply Russia directly or indirectly with weapons, but only if the situation develops extremely unfavorable for the Russian Federation, but so far this is not the case, it is more important for both sides to continue economic cooperation and support , South Korean experts He told RIA Novosti.

“As for the possibility of China supplying deadly weapons to Russia, in my purely subjective view, they wouldn’t be surprising given how NATO and the US supplied Ukraine with weapons. In fact, they are fighting Russia through the war in Ukraine.” “Therefore, they have no reason for North Korea or China not to do the same,” said Jeong Jae-heung, director of the Sejong Institute’s Center for Chinese Studies.

At the same time, according to him, China’s relations with Europe are important for both Beijing and Russia, because in the end there is a “money struggle” and China continues to trade with Russia, settles in yuan, buys oil, stimulates tourism, contributes to the Russian economy. provides currency flow.

“Russia is a strong military power in itself. And it is more interested in the good functioning of the Chinese economy and the continuation of such indirect support. For this, China must not spoil its relations with Europe. The situation and everything may change. Therefore, in my feelings, Russia itself if he finds himself in a really dangerous situation, there is a possibility that China will go (arms supply – ed.) Now the situation, according to Beijing, is not so critical and support is only indirect … China, only if the Russian army begins to withdraw from the Donbass and if hostilities begin to approach the original Russian border, it will intervene directly. Until then, Beijing has almost no need to intervene to supply deadly weapons, “explained the expert.

As Zhe Sun-Hung, head of the Department of Russian Studies at Hanguk University of Foreign Languages, pointed out in an interview with RIA Novosti, China may take political steps to resolve the Ukraine crisis, but the likelihood of formal support to Russia is “low”.

“China is still not ready to challenge the liberal international order led by the US. China believes that continued economic growth is only possible with the preservation of the existing order. Therefore, it can make more active efforts to prevent a prolongation of the Ukraine crisis.” or to escalate into a military conflict between the great powers, but to create a so-called “Sino-Russian, anti-US and West” structure to support Russia with weapons. Defeated on the front, China will continue to advance cautiously,” the professor summed up.

Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned Beijing of the consequences of supplying arms to Moscow. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is concerned about the possibility of China supplying weapons to Russia. Michael McCall, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, allegedly citing intelligence data, claiming that China is considering the possibility of supplying hundreds of drones to Russia.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin has already stated that the United States, not China, is constantly supplying weapons to the battlefield of the Ukraine conflict, and that Washington must stop spreading misinformation and shifting responsibility to others. At the same time, Wang Yi, head of the office of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, accused the West of double standards in China’s arms supply to Russia, because the West itself is arming itself. Ukraine

Russia sent a note to NATO countries for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo containing weapons for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stated that NATO countries are “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping weapons into Ukraine from the West does not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.