EU overseas affairs ministers are in Brussels at present to debate the struggle in Ukraine and a possible new sanctions bundle towards Russia.
The International Affairs Council, chaired by the EU's overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell, will trade views on the Russian aggression towards Ukraine, after an preliminary casual assembly with Ukraine's International Affairs Minister Dmytro Kubela.
Different points on the agenda embody Afghanistan, Iran, and vitality and local weather diplomacy.
In the meantime, Borrell stated he'd been assured by senior Chinese language diplomat Wang Yi that Beijing wouldn't provide arms to Russia.
Borrell met Wang on the Munich Safety Convention over the weekend. The US has stated China is making ready to offer weapons to Moscow, however Beijing's overseas ministry has additionally rejected the declare.
Borrell stated he informed Wang that "for us, it might be a purple line in our relationship. He informed me that they don't seem to be going to do it, that they do not plan to do it. However we are going to stay vigilant."
Borrell additionally stated the European Union wants to make sure that Ukraine has sufficient ammunition to proceed its struggle towards the Russian invasion.
"I had a dialog with him and I expressed my, sturdy concern about China offering arms to Russia. And asking him not to do this. And expressing not solely our concern however the truth that for us, it might be a purple line in our relationship. He informed me that they don't seem to be going to do it, they don`t plan to do it. However we are going to stay vigilant." Borrell says.
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