BEST WAY TO ENSURE THE REST OF
THE WORLD DOES NOT HAVE TO
FIGHT RUSSIA AND THE GLOBAL
SECURITY IS ABLE TO BE
MAINTAINED.
>>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S
SURPRISE VISIT TO UKRAINE COMES
AMID ANOTHER MAJOR GLOBAL
CHALLENGE.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS ALLEGING
CHINA HAS BEEN PROVIDING
NONLETHAL SUPPORT TO RUSSIA AND
BEIJING IS THINKING OF SENDING
LEGAL AID.
>> ANTONY BLINKEN MADE
ALLEGATIONS AFTER ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE OVER THE WEEKEND.
CONFERENCE OVER THE WEEKEND.
HERE IS WHAT HE SAID.
>> CHINA IS TRYING TO HAVE IT
BOTH WAYS.
PUBLICLY THEY PRESENT
THEMSELVES AS A COUNTRY
STRIVING FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE.
PRIVATELY, WE HAVE SEEN OVER
THESE PAST MONTHS THE PROVISION
OF NONLETHAL ASSISTANCE THAT
GOES DIRECTLY TO AIDING AND
ABETTING RUSSIA'S WAR EFFORT
AND FURTHER INFORMATION THAT WE
ARE SHARING TODAY AND THAT I
THINK WILL BE OUT THERE SOON
THAT INDICATE THEY ARE STRONGLY
CONSIDERING PROVIDING LETHAL
ASSISTANCE TO RUSSIA. >> WHAT FORM IS THAT?
>> WHAT FORM IS THAT?
IN WHAT FORM?
>> I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THE
DETAILS IN THIS MOMENT, BUT
THERE ARE VARIOUS CURRENTS
CONSISTENT TO INCLUDE WEAPONS.
I MADE CLEAR OF THE IMPORTANCE
OF NOT CROSSING THAT LINE IN
THE FACT THAT IT WILL HAVE
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES IN OUR RELATIONSHIP, SOMETHING WE DO
RELATIONSHIP, SOMETHING WE DO
NOT LEAD NEED ON TOP OF THE
BALLOON INCIDENT.
>> WHAT KINDS OF CONSEQUENCES
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
>> I AM NOT GOING TO GET INTO
THAT BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN HAS RAISED DIRECTLY WITH
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING.
>> DAN, LET'S START WITH YOU.
TELL US WHAT THE U.S. IS
ALLEGING.
DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT
CHINA IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING?
>> WE ALREADY KNOW THE U.S.
SANCTIONED A CHINESE COMPANY
THAT WAS ACCUSED OF PROVIDING
SATELLITE ENERGY TO THOSE WHO
FIGHT FOR RUSSIA AND UKRAINE.
THIS NONLETHAL AID PROBABLY
INCLUDES BODY ARMOR, RADIO
EQUIPMENT, ITEMS LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE NOT PUBLICLY LISTED
WHAT CHINA HAS BEEN DOING.
NOW THERE IS A CONCERN THAT
CHINA IS READY TO CROSS THAT
LINE AND PROVIDE WEAPONS AND
AMMUNITION.
>> HOW IS BEIJING REACTING TO
THESE ACCUSATIONS FROM THE U.S.?
>> CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE HEADING BACK AT THESE
HEADING BACK AT THESE
ACCUSATIONS.
TODAY, A SPOKESPERSON SAID,
QUOTE, IT IS THE U.S. WHO HAS
BEEN CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING
WEAPONS TO THE WAR.
THE U.S. IS NOT QUALIFIED TO
GIVE ORDERS TO CHINA.
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT THINK THAT
THERE IS NO COINCIDENCE TO THE
TIMING BY THE SUGGESTION FROM
THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMES AS
CHINA'S TOP DIPLOMAT IS
EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN MOSCOW TO
AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT LAID
THE GROUNDWORK TO A STATE VISIT
TO RUSSIA BY CHINESE PRESIDENT
XI JINPING.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE ALSO
SAID HE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT
CONSEQUENCES TO THE
RELATIONSHIP FOR THE U.S. AND
CHINA. THE U.S. AND CHINA RELATIONSHIP
THE U.S. AND CHINA RELATIONSHIP
IS IN A PRECARIOUS SPOT.
THERE IS NO COOPERATION ON ANY
ISSUES.
THERE ARE NO MEETINGS HAPPENING
AT ANY LEVEL.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE RECEIVED
RELATION BETWEEN CHINA AND
RUSSIA CLOSER AND DEEPER.
>> CHINA IS WORKING ON ITS PLAN
FOR THE WAR WHICH CHINESE
PRESIDENT XI JINPING IS
EXPECTED TO LAYOUT LATER THIS
WEEK.
DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK
LIKE?
>> THE DIPLOMAT SAID THE POSITION COULD BE DESCRIBED AS,
POSITION COULD BE DESCRIBED AS,
QUOTE, PROMOTING PEACE TALKS.
THE ISSUE IS THAT IT COULD BE
ARGUED THAT CHINA IS NOT AN
IMPARTIAL PLAYER TO BE PLAYING
A KEY ROLE FOR UKRAINE. THE
RELATIONSHIP HAS GROWN CLOSER.
IT WAS ALMOST A YEAR AGO THAT
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR
PUTIN WAS HERE AND HE MADE THE
DECLARATION WITH CHINESE
PRESIDENT XI JINPING, MEN THAT HAVE MET MORE THAN 40 TIMES
HAVE MET MORE THAN 40 TIMES
THIS 5000 WORD MANIFESTO WHERE
THEY HAD A PARTNERSHIP WITH NO
LIMIT.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE
SEEN TRADE TIES DEEP BEEN
BETWEEN CHINA AND RUSSIA.
CHINA IS A NUMBER ONE BUYER OF
RUSSIAN ENERGY.
THERE HAS BEEN TRADE AND OTHER
GOODS.
THERE HAVE BEEN JOINT MILITARY
DRILLS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. HAS
DETERIORATED TO THE POINT WHERE
SINCE THE BALLOON INCIDENT,
DEFENSE OFFICIALS ARE NOT
PICKING UP THE PHONE LINE WITH
THE U.S. ALL OF THIS HAPPENING
AS CHINA APPEARS TO BE GETTING
ON WITH DIPLOMATIC BUSINESS
ELSEWHERE, LAST WEEK'S POSTING
IRAN'S PRESIDENT FOR DEALS AND
TALKS.
AND OF COURSE, THIS VISIT TO
MOSCOW BY CHINESE PRESIDENT XI
JINPING THAT COULD HAPPEN AS
EARLY AS NEXT MONTH.
>> WE KNOW SECRETARY BLINKEN
MET WITH HIS CHINESE
COUNTERPART.
HE BROUGHT UP THE ALLEGED SPY
BALLOON INCIDENT.
IT WAS A PRETTY HEATED MOMENT.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
>> Reporter: A VERY TENSE
MOMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP
THAT'S MORE AND MORE RESEMBLES
THE COLD WAR ERA WITH BOTH
SIDES POSSIBLY GIVING WEAPONS
TO DIFFERENT SIDES IN THEIR
CONFLICT IN UKRAINE.
IN THAT CONVERSATION, SECRETARY
BLINKEN MADE IT CLEAR IT WAS
UNACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THAT SPY
BALLOON FLIGHT ACROSS THE
CONTINENTAL U.S. AND VIOLATED
AIRSPACE. HERE IS WHAT SECRETARY BLINKEN
HERE IS WHAT SECRETARY BLINKEN
HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT MEETING.
>> I CAN TELL YOU THERE WAS NO
APOLOGY.
WHAT I CAN ALSO TELL YOU IS
THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY
ABOUT THE FACT THAT CHINA SENT
THE SURVEILLANCE BALLOON OVER
OUR TERRITORY, VIOLATING
INTERNATIONAL LAW.
I TOLD THEM QUITE SIMPLY THAT
WAS UNACCEPTABLE AND CAN NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THAT WAS A VERY TENSE MEETING