China warns US over fresh sanctions placed on it for purchasing missiles from Russia

China has warned the United States of America over recent punitive sanctions placed on it after it took delivery of fighter jets and missiles it purchased from Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Reacting to the new sanctions, Beijing, on Friday, warned of consequences for Washington if it does not cancel those sanctions.

“The Chinese side expresses strong indignation over the above-mentioned unreasonable practices of the US side,” foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told journalists.

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Moscow also warned that Washington was “playing with fire” and accused the US of trying to squeeze Russia out of the global arms market.

“This is unfair competition, dishonest competition, an attempt to use non-market methods that run counter to norms and principles of international trade to squeeze the main competitor of US makers out of the markets,” said President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

The US State Department said Chinese purchases of SU-35 aircraft and S-400 surface-to-air missiles breached a US sanctions law targeting Russia over its alleged meddling in the 2016 US election and actions in Ukraine.

 

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