A senior US Treasury Department official said on Friday that the coalition of partners that imposed sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine are successfully communicating with China to prevent material support for Moscow.
A Treasury spokesman, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said that while China and Russia had proclaimed some kind of open partnership, the United States had not seen Beijing provide a material support to Russia on a significant scale.
As a result, Russia continues to rely on support from North Korea and Iran, the source said.
The United States and its allies, including the European Union and the United Kingdom, imposed sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine more than a year ago and continue to step up the pressure. Since then, Washington has cracked down on sanctions busting.
So far, Washington’s approach to China has been to communicate directly with Beijing and other countries around the world, warning of the risks of providing material support to Russia, it said. The source.
While White House officials’ travel to China is restricted, their European counterparts are actively communicating with the Chinese and visiting Beijing, the source said.
US relations with China are at what analysts say are the coldest since Washington normalized relations with Beijing in 1979 and withdrew diplomatic recognition from Taipei.
Earlier this year, the United States expressed concern that China was considering providing military support to Russia.
The United States is warning countries that it is prepared to take action against companies and individuals in any jurisdiction that provide material support to Russia in its military actions against Ukraine, the source said.
Washington would like the UAE to do more to enforce the sanctions, the source added.
According to the interlocutor, senior Treasury and State Department officials will travel abroad this month to discuss with the leaders of several countries and local companies the continuing risk of providing material support to Russia.
Brian Nelson, assistant secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, will travel to Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany, a second senior Treasury official said.
Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary of State for Combating Terrorist Financing and Financial Crime, will visit Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
At the Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank next week, according to Reuters , the United States will provide partners with an opportunity to meet with senior officials from the U.S. intelligence community to learn how Russia uses its military intelligence and the Federal Security Service to circumvent the sanctions. export controls.
Earlier, in The Eastern Herald, Macron says Europe should not be drawn into the US-China conflict over Taiwan.
