U.S. and China in ‘Robust Conversation’ on North Korea Sending Troops to Russia: Blinken

US and China are engaged in high-level dialogue regarding North Korea sending troops to Russia as the Kremlin wages war on Ukraine, America’s top diplomat said on Thursday.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken described “a robust conversation” with China taking place this week about Moscow and Pyongyang’s military cooperation in the Ukraine war.

Blinken urged Beijing to “do more” to curb “provocative” actions being taken by two of its closest partners.
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Aside from the stigma of being grouped with Russia and North Korea, China’s ties with the West have frayed over its alleged support of dual-use goods to the Kremlin.

Duyeon Kim of the Centre for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, said Beijing did not want regional tensions to escalate such that Moscow and Pyongyang’s actions could trigger a response by the US.

“I do not expect China to overtly make some sort of public announcement or … pressure North Korea and Russia publicly, although I would suspect it might do some of this pressuring quietly, discreetly, especially considering its strategic competition with the United States, its relationship with Russia,” Kim said last week.

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