Biden says he doesn’t anticipate China to provide significant major assistance to Russia

US President Joe Biden said he does not anticipate China to provide significant military assistance to Russia for its special military operation in Ukraine.

In an interview with the ABC television company, which aired on Friday evening, Biden said that he had discussed this issue with Chinese President Xi Jinping last summer.

"I said <...> this is not a threat. It is just an assertion statement what I think the reality is. <...> And I said if you are engaged in the same kind of brutality by supporting the brutalities going on, I said you may face the same consequences," Biden noted meaning the withdrawal of a number of Western companies from Russia.

"I don't anticipate — we haven't seen it yet, but I don't anticipate a major initiative on the part of China providing weaponry to Russia," the US President said.