What NATO’s Warning to China About Russia Means
China’s tight bond with Russia is facing renewed condemnation from Washington and its allies after NATO issued its strongest accusation yet that Chinese technology is sustaining Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Leaders from the NATO alliance, meeting in Washington, declared that Beijing “cannot enable the largest war in Europe in recent history” without facing repercussions.
Despite a widening web of Western bans and restrictions, Chinese semiconductors, machine tools and other parts have become vital to Russia’s arms industries, helping Moscow to keep up its grinding war, say American and European officials, intelligence agencies and security experts.
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NATO Calls China a ‘Decisive Enabler’ in Russia’s War on Ukraine
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made the accusation, which was in a declaration approved by the 32 leaders of the alliance, during the NATO summit in Washington on Wednesday.
As NATO allies agreed today in our summit declaration, China has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine. And China’s support increases the threat Russia poses to Euro-Atlantic security. China cannot enable the largest conflict in Europe in recent history without this negatively impacting their interest and reputation. China provides dual-use equipment, microelectronics, a lot of other tools, which are enabling Russia to build the missiles, to build the bombs, to build the aircraft, to build the weapons they are using to attack Ukraine.
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made the accusation, which was in a declaration approved by the 32 leaders of the alliance, during the NATO summit in Washington on Wednesday.CreditCredit…Eric Lee/The New York Times
But China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia have repeatedly said that their countries’ strong relationship is a bulwark against American dominance. Mr. Xi is unlikely to easily bow to NATO’s demands.
What did NATO say about China?
NATO’s declaration on Wednesday, its most full-throated so far about China, implied that its 32 member governments would step up actions against China unless Beijing limits exports of dual-use components and technology to Russia.
