Negotiating right now: China is ready to sell weapons

 

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Task: China can supply drones to Russia  

 

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Josefine Karlsson 

 

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The US and Germany have warned China against sending weapons to Russia.  

 

Now China and Russia are said to be in negotiations about a delivery, according to information given to Der Spiegel. 

 

China may send 100 kamikaze drones and supply expertise.  

 

According to information to the German Der Spiegel, China may supply 100 kamikaze drones to Russia. The countries are now said to be negotiating and that the delivery can take place in April.  

 

The US and Germany have previously warned China against sending weapons to Russia. During this weekend's security conference in Munich, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken came down hard on China and expressed concern about China's possible involvement in an escalation of the war. During the conference, he had a meeting with the top Chinese diplomat and former foreign minister Wang Yi.  

 

China's Wang Yi and Russia's Vladimir Putin during the meeting on Wednesday. Photo: Anton Novoderezhkin / AP  

 

- We are very concerned that China is considering giving lethal support to Russia in its aggression against Ukraine. I was clear that it would have serious consequences for our relationship as well, said Blinken after the meeting.  

 

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemned Anthony Blinken's statement, calling it disinformation. 

  

Devastation in Kiev after an attack by Russian kamikaze drones in October 2022. Photo: Roman Hrytsyna / AP  

 

100 drones a month  

 

According to information to Der Spiegel, the manufacturer plans to also supply components and expertise to Russia so that the country can produce the drones on its own, up to 100 drones a month.  

 

Russia has used Iranian drones during the war, mainly against power stations to disrupt the electricity supply and civilian targets such as homes. 

 

Met Putin 

 

On Wednesday, Wang Yi was in Russia and met Vladimir Putin. The meeting is said to have been arranged to "strengthen the relationship" between the countries, according to Reuters. Wang Yi expressed that he expects the countries to conclude new agreements. 

 

He also sent a greeting from Chinese President Xi Jinping who "wishes Putin all the best". 

 

According to Putin, they must have reached a milestone during the meeting. 

 

- Russian-Chinese relations are developing as we planned in previous years. Everything is moving forward and developing, and we have reached new milestones, Putin said after the meeting, according to  CNN.