Joe Biden has said he did not think China would send weapons to Russia to help its military campaign in Ukraine, in comments that appeared to undercut claims from his top officials that Beijing was considering the idea.
In an interview with ABC television on Friday that was aired on the evening of the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US president suggested that he was less concerned about assertions — which have come from secretary of state Antony Blinken and other senior officials — that China was considering providing arms to bolster Russia’s military.
“I don’t anticipate a major initiative on the part of China providing weaponry to Russia,” Biden said in an interview at the White House.