Meanwhile, Mr. Liu Bangyu, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, said that the country’s government supervises the export of dual-use items (military – civil) according to law and regulations. regulations.
At the same time, Mr. Liu said that normal economic and trade interactions between China and Russia follow the market rules and principles of the World Trade Organization.
Mr. Liu emphasized: “China resolutely opposes illegal unilateral sanctions by the US.”
The US and its allies have imposed sanctions on thousands of targets since Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine. This includes imposing sanctions on companies in China, Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates.
In addition to China, the new sanctions also target targets in Azerbaijan, Belgium, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Slovakia that they accuse of helping Russia “acquire technology and equipment”. much needed equipment from abroad”.
The US State Department also punished two ship operators involved in transportation related to liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the Russian Arctic.
Previous US sanctions on the Arctic LNG 2 project last month forced Novatek (Russia’s largest LNG producer) to suspend production due to the project’s lack of fuel tankers.
In addition, subsidiaries of Russia’s state nuclear power company Rosatom were also targeted as well as 12 units within Sibanthracite, another Russian company.
Washington also imposed sanctions on Russia’s Pobeda airline, a subsidiary of Russian airline Aeroflot. The US Department of Commerce previously added more than 200 Boeing and Airbus aircraft operated by Russian airlines to the export control list.
