Beijing has denied allegations that it had suggested supplying Moscow with weapons in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Hitting back at those claims, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told reporters on the sidelines of China's annual parliamentary meeting on Sunday that Beijing"did not create the crisis...It is not a party to the crisis."
"And it has not provided weapons to either side of the conflict. Why on earth are there blame and sanctions on China? This is absolutely unacceptable," Qin said."There seems to be an invisible hand pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict. Ukraine crisis is a tragedy that could have been avoided."
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