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Faced with reports of the creation of a suicide drone factory for Russia, European diplomats are threatening Beijing with sanctions.
Has China crossed the red line on the Ukraine war? In recent days, several European sources have warned the Xi Jinping regime about manufacturing Chinese armed drones for the Russian army in the Xinjiang region (west China). Some cited evidence “conclusive”, “convincing” et “credible”. A European diplomat contacted by Liberation reports“sufficiently clear indications” going in this direction. On Monday, foreign ministers of the Twenty-Seven, meeting in Brussels, wanted to send a signal to Beijing and threatened sanctions.
“We say clearly to the supporters of this brutal war of aggression against Ukraine: this concerns our own fundamental security interests […]we are introducing new sanctions against Iran and we are also saying this clearly regarding Chinese drone assistance, because this too must and will have consequences,” declared the head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock. The EU has already sanctioned Tehran for its military support for Moscow.
“Serve as a mediator”
Without making them public, Brussels says it has information from intelligence services on the existence of a factory in China producing drones then delivered to Russia. But Monday evening, the head of European diplomacy was cautious about the “reliability” of this information. “China today provides name
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