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Washington D.C./25.02.23/Turan: There is 'no evidence so far" that China is militarily backing Russia in Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday while warning any support would have economic consequences for Beijing, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports from the White House.
Asked if he was worried Beijing would support Russia in its war against Ukraine, Biden recalled he spoke to his Chinese counterpart about the issue last summer, and about the economic ramifications: "I said, ‘Look, it's not a threat. It's just a statement,” he added.
According to him, President Xi “said that the future of China rests on investment from the Western world — that matters.”
Biden's comments came as U.S. officials announced this week that they had intelligence referring to Chinese government's "considering providing Russia with ammunition" for use in the war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, told reporters on Friday that if China goes ahead with reported plans to send lethal weapons aid to Russia, that “would be a game changer” in the bilateral relationship between Washington and Beijing,
Alex Raufoglu
Politics
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah, officials from the Istanbul Prosecutor's Office's Anti-Smuggling Unit have detained an Azerbaijani citizen with a large shipment of gold. The detention took place near the Vadi İstanbul shopping center in the Sarıyer district, where a taxi was stopped. During the search, 70 kg of gold was found. The Azerbaijani citizen in the vehicle claimed ownership of the cargo and also stated that he was a diplomat. The investigation by the prosecutor's office is ongoing, reports Sabah newspaper. The media outlet does not disclose the name of the "diplomat," only his initials – M.G.Ş. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declined to comment on the situation.
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