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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses China of "fuelling" Russia's invasion of Ukraine through the transfers of dual use materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for use in Moscow's military expansion. "If China purports on the one hand to want good relations with Europe and other countries, it can't on the other hand be fuelling what is the biggest threat to European security since the end of the Cold War," Blinken tells a press conference after a meeting of G7 foreign ministers on the Italian island of Capri where he had urged urged his European counterparts to increase pressure on Beijing. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg expresses scepticism regarding China's plan to end the war in Ukraine, arguing that Beijing "doesn't have much credibility". SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron calls for Paris and Beijing to unite against the war in Ukraine as he begins a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali. SOUNDBITE
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, warns China that supporting "Russia's ability to wage war" in Ukraine "would lead to a major reputational reputational damage". SOUNDBITE
China's UN ambassador tells an emergency meeting of the world body's General Assembly that "nothing can be gained" from a new Cold War between America and Russia. SOUNDBITE
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