China should be putting pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to “cease and desist” his invasion of Ukraine instead of considering aid to Russia during their “immoral” invasion, says Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham.
“It is in China’s interests for that to happen in terms of what it would mean for stabilising the world economy and for enabling normalised trade flows,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia.
“It would be a very concerning and very dramatic escalation for China to become involved through the provision of weapons, through the provision of any type of military assistance to Russia.”
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