US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he called on China to condemn Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
This statement came after Blinken's meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
"This really is a moment where we all have to stand up, as we heard country after country in the G20 do, to condemn the aggression, to demand among other things that Russia allow access to food that is stuck in Ukraine," Blinken said.
He added that he did not see any "signal" of cooperation on the part of Russia.
The US secretary indicted that the United States will provide more than $368 dollars in additional aid to Ukraine.
Blinken noted that it would be difficult to be “neutral” in a war in which there is a clear aggressor, but that even if possible, “I don’t believe China is acting in a way that is neutral.”
Washington had hoped Beijing would join the West in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, given China's long-stated view of opposing what it sees as interference in its own internal affairs.
On his part, Wang blamed the US for the tensions between the two superpowers and said U.S. policy is being led by what he called a misperception of China as a threat.
“Many people believe that the United States is suffering from a China-phobia,” he said in a statement.
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