wang yi is getting | photo behind us. wang yi is getting a handshake from vladimir putin.se president xi - and if so, when? it looks like chinese president xi jinping i and if so, when? it looks like i chinese president xi jinping will be visiting _ chinese president xi jinping will be visiting moscow in the coming months but in _ visiting moscow in the coming months but in the _ visiting moscow in the coming months but in the past couple weeks, particularly after the incident, the chinese _ particularly after the incident, the chinese president has promised a trip to— chinese president has promised a trip to taiwan as well. i think increasingly, the chinese leaders sees _ increasingly, the chinese leaders sees an— increasingly, the chinese leaders sees an inevitable all—out strategic confrontation between china and the united _ confrontation between china and the united states. and if that is inevitable, china is going to garner as much— inevitable, china is going to garner as much potential allies as possible and try— as much potential allies as possible and try to _ as

the trip to russia by wang yi is days after the anniversary of moscow's invasion of ukraine.ing their talks mr. putin said relations between his country and china were reaching new milestone and called the chinese president xi jinping to visit. earlier wang yi met his russian counter box -- counterpart sergei lavrov and said the relationship between the two countries should not be influenced by other nations. >> i look forward to reachi new agreements. our consultations on strategic between our two countries. they played strengthening trust and cooperation in shifting international situation. >> much is made of the seating arrangement for president putin's meeting with wang yi. this is mr. putin's meeting with the french president emmanuel macron last february. the two leaders are so far away you wonder if they ca hear each other. this is today's meeting. the president scope. they are sitting so close they are within handshaking distance. this is seen as a symbolic move towards a valued russian ally. at the timing of the visit is days before the first anniversary of russia's

tom: what was wang yi's comments? what was the chinese take on these talks?ruce: the chinese accused the americans of hyping what they called the cold war mentality. wang yi said that the american response shooting down the balloon was as he put it, almost hysterical. china was not even willing to agree that this was even a meeting between the two officials per they just called it an informal contact. also notable, wang yi did make an appeal to the eu to the top european diplomat, josef burrell to improve ties between china and the europeans. china has sought for months now to try to drive a bit of a wedge between the u.s. and its european allies, most notably in trying to get the netherlands now to go along with u.s. sanctions on the chinese semiconductors. china is trying to stop the netherlands from restricting the export of semi conductor making equipment. the dutch ended up going along with the americans on that. the chinese though our still perhaps hoping they might be able to find some areas where they can peel the europeans a bit away from washington.

later today, wang yi will meet with lavrov, the foreign minister.are seeing seemingly a slight shift were on the one hand, china wants to lead the world order in opposition to the united states led world order, but then on the other, saying it can be a neutral broker. we are supposed to get the peace roadmap they will put out this friday. it's been met with a lot of skepticism. it is hard to say how there is any avenue for peace that would satisfy both russia and ukrainian territorial integrity. we also see reports from the wall street journal that xi jinping may go to moscow in april or may. i think their role in this whole conflict is evolving fairly rapidly. we have a lot more learned today and see whether xi will in fact come to moscow. manus: let's see what comes from that. oliver crook in warsaw tracking the present. joining me now is georgina wright, director of the european program at institut montaigne. thank you so much for being with me. here we are, two very powerful speeches. very potent in their symbolism. if i was to say to you which

the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthonyponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. by the detection of a chinese surveillance balloon over the united states. the top foreign policy official wang yi has discussed the dispute with the us secretary of state anthony blinken, who postponed a trip to beijing this weekend in response to the dispute. china insists the balloon is a weather obervation airship that went off course, but washington says it's being used for spying. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. a surreal but increasingly serious international row. this speck in the sky could be spying on the us — the chinese balloon that's been hovering over the country for several days. china insists it's a platform to conduct weather—related research that's deviated from its route. beijing has apologised but the us state department says it stands by its assessment that the balloon is being used for surveillance, and defence officials now say there's a second balloon. we are seeing reports o

. >> yeah, china's top diplomat wang yi is in moscow.is scheduled to speak with sergey lavrov any moment now this according to news agency taas, and the kremlin has not ruled out a meeting between wang yi and putin. this is a chance to exchange views on the relationship and international hot spots which of course would include the war in ukraine. now on tuesday, wang yi met with the head of russia's security council. they discussed an opposition to the cold war mentality. they also discussed a desire to strengthen cooperation. they also discussed the situation in ukraine, though no specifics were given. this meeting, this visit and the entire relationship between china and russia is under immense international scrutiny. last weekend, the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken warned wang yi of consequences if china were to go forward and provide material support to russian for its invasion in ukraine, and china has fired back repeatedly and is accusing the u.s. of sab sabotage. i want to show this op-ed. it says the u.s. has been wearing

amy: so that was kind of top diplomat wang yi and russian president vladimir putin.nese president xi jinping is expected to visit moscow in the coming months. meanwhile, the biden administration is warning china against supplying russia with lethal military aid. saying doing so would be crossing the redline. joining us from baltimore, maryland, is ho-fung hung. he is a professor of political economy and sociology at johns hopkins university. his books include "clash of empires: from 'chimerica' to the 'new cold war'" and "the china boom: why china will not rule the world." professor, welcome back to democracy now! can you talk about the significance of, well, what has happened in the last year? and then you have the u.s. kerfuffle with china over the balloon, which has really intensified hostility. and finally, yet yesterday wang yi, the top diplomat, even with president putin and their message to the united states and the world. >> thank you for having me. it is something that everybody expected to happen, china is getting closer and closer to russia. when we look b

i listened to wang yi's speech. it was extraordinary in a way.e, too, wants to put the whole balloon incident behind them despite the rhetoric that was apparent in his speech? >> reporter: i mean, at least publicly, paula. china is being very resolute. it did nothing wrong. if you look at the statements in chinese state media over the last few hours, wang yi has described this meeting as informal and really has put the burd on the united states to repair what it sees as damage to its relationship. again, it maintains that this movement by the balloon, its swaying off course, was by accident and there was nothing nefarious about that. yet at the same time we are seeing, perhaps, some signals that there is room for diplomacy. for example, the state department spokesperson said that secretary blinken in his meeting did keep the door open to a possible conversation between president biden and chinese leader xi. so we are just going to have to see how this unfolds. but i think neither side wants this to be the big sticking point in a much broader disc

i told wang yi, my chinese counterpart, that that action was unacceptable and must never we also had an opportunity to talk about the russian aggression against ukraine. we're here in munich and many countries are focused as we are on that aggression, and one of the things that i shared with him was a growing concern on our part that china is considering providing lethal support to russia and its aggression against ukraine and i made clear as president biden has almost from day one with president xi that that would have serious consequences in our own relationship. finally, it was important for me to underscore the importance of having open lines of communication between us in continuing to engage in direct diplomacy. we have a responsibility to manage the relationship responsibly. i think the world expects that of us. it's also in our interest, and so that's also something i underscored in the meeting with wang yi this evening. >> i will say that wang yi has said of the chinese spy balloon the whole shootdown incident that it was absurd and hysterical and said, cold war mentality is

just tell us, you know, all the dynamics that played out between blinken and wang yi. >> reporter: yeahi mean, the two main issues they discussed, ukraine and the balloon. let me set the stage for how this thing went down because it was just hours after beijing's top diplomat wang yi basically stood in a panel and accused the u.s. of being hysterical and absurd and said that the united states needs to repair the damage to the china relationship for using, in his words, excessive force against their balloon. so needless to say, there was no apology from the chinese side, no apology from secretary blinken on behalf of the u.s. for shooting down that balloon. he condemned the incursion. he stressed it must never happen again. then another warning for china about u.s. concerns that beijing may be considering providing what the u.s. calls lethal support for russia. not just sanctions, helping them get away with, you know, violating sanctions and bolstering their economy, which china is already doing by buying, you know, cheap oil from russia when its sanctioned or at least price capped aroun

i told him quite simply that was unacceptable and can never happen again. >> reporter: wang yi did not depart from his claim that the balloon was a civilian airship according to a senior official. >> andrea joins us from munich. andrea, no apology this is a very tense time between the u.s. and china. did today's meeting ease that tension at all? >> reporter: it's not clear yet. as you heard, blinken told chuck that he was clear and direct in those talks with the chinese diplomat and underscored also the importance of keeping open lines of communication and diplomacy, which is not happening, frankly, since the chinese balloon was shot down. jose. >> andrea mitchell in munich, thank you. there will be more of that interview with u.s. secretary of state antony blinken when he's one of the guests tomorrow on "meet the press. >>> and now to china and our first look at what u.s. officials say is the launch site of that spy balloon u.s. forces shot down off south carolina earlier this month it's a military zone on a tropical island off china's southern coast. janis mackey fraye traveled there

secretary, i know you just met with your chinese counterpart, wang yi, who has publicly said the u.s. response to the spy balloon was absurd, hysterical, and an effort to divert attention away from domestic problems. was he that dismissive to you in private? >> marg ga ret, i don't want to characterize what he said. i will tell you what i said. i made very clear to him that china sending a surveillance balloon over the united states in violation of our sovereignty, in violation of international law, was unacceptable and must never happen again. we also had an opportunity to talk about russia's war of aggression sense ukraine and concerns that we have, that china is considering providing lethal support to russia in its efforts in ukraine. and i was able to share with him, as president biden has shared with president xi, the serious consequences that would have for our relationship. finally, it was important for me to underscore that we believe having lines of communication, engaging in direct diplomacy, is very important. >> does that mean their defense minister will pick up the next p

to repair the spy airship. >> sounds like to me wang yi was there to place blame on the united statesis was clear china violation of sovereign airship. when they didn't own up to that, didn't apologize for that, tells me they don't want to take responsibility. they will continue this aggressive behavior. >> reporter: nsc spokesperson john kishly says we have to have the conversations so the chinese don't misrepresent our actions. >> you have lines of communication that are open with china are important to keep open because at times like this, when the tensions are high, you want to be able to avoid miscalculation and misunderstanding. secretary blinken was able to deliver that strong message in munich. >> reporter: lawmakers on the select committee on china say the president looks weak. >> we know that they have been stealing our intellectual property for decades. we know they have been stealing your military secrets again for decades and nothing has happened to them. they are the greatest adversary and the greatest threat to our democracy. >> reporter: so the president says that chin

it was the meetings that were happening at the same time, between president putin and wang yi, the top diplomat for china, and also president putin's top advisers, that you the most concern. you combine that with u.s. officials talking about the fact that they had seen intelligence that china is now considering providing legal aid to ukraine, and you get the sense that for all the issues that the u.s. is going to have to grapple with in the coming weeks and months related to this war in maintaining what to this point has been an extraordinarily durable coalition of western democracies, it's the potential for china's involvement or increased involvement, particularly on the lethal aid side that is drawing the most concern -- sharp condemnations and a very aggressive effort to head that off as it's become very clear that, despite china's reticence to be deeply involved, the alliance between russia and china is only growing closer. of course, president putin signaled that xi jinping could be coming to moscow sometime soon. >> yeah, phil mattingly, i appreciate it. next, we go to moscow an

in terms of the east, china — russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is meeting with wang yi today,n that?— thoughts on that? that was really quite _ thoughts on that? that was really quite interesting, - really quite interesting, especially in light of the view that the new york times had a piece that china's trying to distance... i don't see that all. in fact, distance... i don't see that all. infact, it distance... i don't see that all. in fact, it was interesting that wang yi was travelling around and being in munich and kind of talking to and telling jose borrell that they are not supplying arms to russia —. and in the same day, meeting whenjoe biden is in poland meeting with the russians — he met with sergei naroushkin, one of the most important people in the security apparatus and the clandestine services. so it does seem that the china—russia relationship, at least for now, is certainly going strong. and of course, we know that china has offered and already presented its peace plan. and so it does seem, perhaps, that china is looking to become a peacemaker — which, of course

it was the meetings happening at the same time between president putin and wang yi, the top diplomat for china. you combine that with u.s. officials talking about the fact they've seen intelligence china is now considering providing lethal aid to ukraine and you get the sense for all the issues the u.s. is going to have to grapple with in the coming weeks and months related to this war in maintaining what to this point has been an extraordinary durable coalition of western democracy, it's the potential for china's involvement or increased involvement particularly on the lethal aid side that is drawing the most concern, sharp condemnations and a very aggressive effort to head that off as it has become very clear that despite china's reticence to get deeply involved the alliance between russia and china is only growing closer. of course president putin signaled that xi jinping could be coming to moscow some time soon. >> next now we go to moscow and cnn's fred pleitgen. what came out of the meeting today between putin and beijing? >> reporter: putin certainly signaled that the relation

and according to official readout of that call from the chinese side, they're saying that wang yi toldh sides should maintain steadiness and with timely communication, they could avoid misjudgment in terms of this balloon affair, but that beijing would not accept any groundless conjecture or hype regarding the balloons. also, in a separate statement from the chinese foreign ministry, they said that some politicians and media in the us have hyped up this as a means of attacking and smearing china. so you can see, even as china is trying to reassure the us that the balloons have accidentally floated into us airspace, they're still trying to take a strong stand, i guess maintain some face either way. a lot of work is going to have to be done to rebuild the trust that would be required for anthony blinken to set another date to come to beijing to have these talks, which, as i say, are supposed to be designed to ease tensions between the world's superpowers. let's get more on this, then. joining us live now is isabel hilton, who is the founder of china dialogue and visiting professor at the

officials were not happy at all with wang yi speech today. so there had been a plan to have a meeting that could've been delayed, or setback. or they might have to renegotiate the terms. the last thing they want is to meet with wang yi and have him stiff them. >> right. >> and reject a phone call. the feeling has been, according to u.s. officials, that president xi may not have known about the spy balloon, or the timing of the spy balloon. surely he knew about this military program it's planned once a year, it's budgeted, it's part of their defense budget. but you know, the army, excuse me the pla and china obviously doesn't has this -- we have spy balloons, they house by balloons, but the fact that they came into our airspace was what was so aggressive. they were not of your stating, it's not overreacting. they're trying to i think give president xi a way out. they're saying we know you did know about, this we know this isn't, oh let's guessing back on track. >> okay, andrea missile, thank you so much for expertise as always. in minutes ever

cross that line i think it is important that we make clear as i did this evening in my meeting with wang yis is of deep concern to us. i made clear the importance of not crossing that line and the fact it would have serious consequences in our relationship something that we do not need on top of the balloon incident that china's engaged in >>> the u.s. has formally accused russia of committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. vice president kamala harris said there was no doubt and warned that those who carried out the attacks will be held to account. it is expected to further isolate the kremlin and could urge international courts to take action. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his counter part president emmanuel macron is wasting time trying to establish dialogue with russia changing attitudes is impossible and it was the kremlin's decision to isolate itself macron saw no alternative to bring vladimir putin to the negotiating table. >>> the eu could pull billions to the supply to ukraine they will make a final decision next month as supplies on the ground dwindle hungarian

when he was -- wang yi was in russia yesterday.e said that their relationship is rocksolid and also promote mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas and that comes ahead of the lavrov meeting today. so this piece roadmap that might come out friday, so china is interesting in that it is aligned with russia in substantial ways but also standing in operation -- opposition to the u.s. order but seemingly wanting to come to the table as a neutral broker in the situation in ukraine. it is hard to see what that avenue is that x x -- respects ukrainian territorial integrity and russia's demands, but there is a wall street journal reporting overnight that xi jinping may be preparing to visit moscow later this year. anna: thank you. oliver crook with the latest political themes. let's get a bloomberg business flash with laura wright. laura: microsoft says there will be no deal to buy activision blizzard unless it calls with -- comes with call of duty. microsoft may need to sell the title for the takeover to go ahead. the software giant's

tom: bloomberg senior editor bill faries on the latest with that visit by wang yi to moscow.omberg also reporting that support within russia the conflict -- for the conflict is actually pretty solid. let's get the business flash now. >> a washington post report says meta is preparing for thousands of job cuts beyond be 13% of its work or spired in november. separately, bloomberg has learned italy is investigating the facebook parent for an alleged 870 million euros in unpaid vat. meta says it disagrees with the idea that providing access to online platforms should attract the tax. nvidia shares have jumped in the u.s. late trade. suggesting is pushed into artificial intelligence processes is helping offset sluggish demand for pc chips. the company has moved from a focus on graphics processors into a strong position in the growing market for ai hardware. intel has slashed its dividend by two thirds to the lowest level in 16 years. the world's biggest maker of computer processors since the decision will create long-term. it forecast one of the worst quarters in its history as a

put thain russia-china relations are reaching new milestones during a meeting with chinese diplomat wang yithe kremlin and this comes as the wall street journal reports that chinese president xi jinping can meet with putin in moscow soon. fred pleitgen, he's in moscow with more. fred, what does this say about china's potential role supporting russia in ukraine? >> well, i think it certainly shows how important china is to russia, just to have china meet with china's top diplomat and underscore how important those relations are and also say that xi jinping will come to moscow to meet with vladimir putin and those two leaders have had very, very close relations over the years that have only grown tighter, really as the u.s. has been putting more pressure on russia also because of russia's campaign there in ukraine, but i think this once again underscores just how important especially for the russians the relations with china are and at the same time you have a lot of issues between china and the united states. obviously, not only because of that balloon that was shot down and also because the

>> reporter: it is because china/russia relationship is strengthening, so much so that wang yi told vladimir putin that their relationship is, quote, rock solid as he wrapped up his visit to moscow. he met with the russian president and foreign minister and head of the security council and he paved the way for a possible summit between xi jinping and vladimir putin. that could take place in april or may. on wednesday, the russian leader vladimir putin said that the relationship with china was reaching new milestones. and wanting to double town on t that sentiment, they said it stands the test of the changes in the international climate.to that sentiment, they said it stands the test of the changes in the international climate. and it is under a lot of sdrut any. wednesday we heard from the pentagon spokeswoman saying that they are warning china of consequences if china proceeds with giving lethal support to russia during this campaign in ukraine. china has repeatedly pushed back and countered those allegations, but the fact is ever since russia invaded ukraine, china and russia have been mov

now putin, when he was speaking to wang yi, he talked about how important the relations are and they become new benchmarks and he talked about how close he is with xi jinping. and he also said that he would welcome xi jinping here in the moscow in the not too distant future. what has been happening if the run-up to this is tension between the united states and china with the u.s. voicing concern that they believe that china might be contemplating sending military aid lethal aid to russia to use in the ukraine war. it seemed as though the chinese top diplomat was talking about that. he said that relations between china and russia were in a good place and would not be subject to interference from outside parties, he said, wolf. >> you know, it is interesting, fred, that despite the reality on the battlefield in ukraine, is putin trying to present a victorious image? >> reporter: he's trying to present one of perseverance and one of victory in the end. i think what he's trying to do and tried to do today is show that russia is not going to back down and he was trying to rally the nation

but during that meeting from lavrov, we heard interesting words from wang yi, he doubled down on the china-russia relationship. he said, quote, no matter how the international political landscape changes, china is willing to maintain and up hold the good government of our new type of major power relations with russia. and of course that relationship under major scrutiny. last week secretary of state antony blinken warned wang yi of consequences should china go forward and supply materials to russia for its ongoing conflict in ukraine. china is not cdoing that. but china and russia have been edging closer on multiple fronts, economic, political and military as well. in fact joint military drills between russia and china are taking place this week. and we are keeping an eye on the "wall street journal" report that the chinese leader xi jinping is planning to visit moscow for a summit with vladimir putin, that meeting to take place in either april or may. back to you. >> we'll follow that indeed. kristie lu stout, thank you. >>> and we're now learning that russia carried out an intercon

/china his statement came as china's top diplomat wang yi met with putin and his foreign minister, sergeyavrov, in moscow. kritenbrink also strongly criticized china for its moves in the international arena. they want to play a role in ending the war. the u.s. official said while china behaves in public as a supporter of peace, it has been supporting what he described as russia's brutal military invasion and is gradually getting close to offering military assistance to russia. >>> britain's armed force minister says russia and ukraine have mounted spring offenses to try to break the deadlock. james heapy spoke to nhk tuesday, describing russia's attack as pretty ineffective. >> in man places, they're being resisted all together. more importantly, they're not really over places for of much strategic importance to ukraine. >> haeappey said momentum is building for support of ukraine, pointing to the recent commitments at the munich security conference. he said the international community should focus on getting ukraine successfully onto the offensive within the next month or two. >> when uk

the senior chinese diplomat met with russian president putin in a meeting with wang yi.china relations are developing evaluated and said that relations between beijing and moscow are important for stabilizing the international situation, and also announced the plan for the visit of the president of china with musk , emphasizing the development of bilateral relations . weapons from china have expressed their concern to russia. the war of words between russian and western officials on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the ukraine war has escalated. one day after putin said that russia will not be defeated in ukraine, the west also emphasized the support of the us president who traveled to eastern europe and said in poland it will not give up and will meet ukraine's armament needs until victory is achieved, as the european union's foreign policy said, the europeans will speed up arms assistance to ukraine. according to this information, nato secretary general will not allow russia to win the war. in earthquake-prone areas, buildings should not be more than three storie

it comes as china's top diplomat, wang yi, is paying a visit to moscow.erlying intelligence the u.s. has that would prompt this sort of warning or explanation as to why the u.s. is being so public in its thoughts on beijing. this is not a new concern for the u.s. given the close personal ties between the leaders of china and russia. now, officially wang yi has said that china's position on ukraine is one of promoing peace tangs. it was nearly a year ago that vladimir putin came to beijing with xi jinping and a 5,000 word manifesto declared a partnership with no limits. at the same time, relations with the u.s. have deteriorated to the point where there's no communication. there are no meetings happening, even on issues like climate change. defense officials here have stopped answering the u.s. military hotline. at the same time ties between china and russia have grown closer and deeper on trade, particularly energy as well as joint military drills. china is getting on with diplomatic business. last week hosting the president of iran, and there's a state v

so, we'll wait to see who -- who wang yi will meet with, whether he'll meet with president putin. so far, no pictures of his visit here. it's difficult to tell. i think the russians will want it to be seen. it's difficult to tell exactly how far the chinese will want that visit to be seen. but angry words on both sides in the past few days, including from the vice president accuing russia of crimes against humanity. the russians pushing back against that. this week, this anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, we are seeing really less diplomacy and more fury. >> keir simmons on the ground in moscow. as you speak about those new warnings, the united states has said to china, basically, that there will be significant consequences if it does pursue the provision of lethal weapons, of lethal force and aid to the russians. while you were speaking, we got a note, i received this in my inbox from the white house. a statement from president biden on his visit to kyiv, ukraine. i want to read it to you as quickly as i can. i hope in the moments ahead we'll have new pictures on the gr

putin met with wang yi relations he assessed russia and china as developing and said that relations betweenjing and moscow are important for stabilizing the international situation. he also announced the plan for the visit of the president of china with musk and emphasized the development of bilateral relations. the meeting was held after that. western officials have expressed concern about the possibility of sending weapons from china to russia. the war of words between russian officials and western countries on the eve of the one -year anniversary of the ukraine war escalated a day after putin said that russia will not be defeated in ukraine. ekran emphasized and the american president who traveled to eastern europe poland said that it will not surrender and will meet ukraine's weapons needs until victory is achieved. the same head of the european union's foreign policy also said that the europeans will speed up arms assistance to ukraine. the nato secretary general also said that this alliance will not allow russia to win the war. the president of turkey said that in earthquake-prone are

. >> wang yi, the top diplomat ma is in moscow.re's a report that president xi is going to make a trip to moscow. let me ask you about president zelenskyy's appeal for fighter jets arguing -- of course, the white house is arguing the f-16 is too complicated. takes too much pilot training certainly would not be in place for this current offensive by russia which is misnamed the spring offensive that's already under way. but do you think that the fighter jets should be supplied as zelenskyy is arguing, or is the administration correct? >> i think we're at a stage where, frankly, everything should be on the table and being considerate. i mean, i recognize the issue of training, the issue of maintenance, et cetera. and all of that has to be taken into consideration. you know, we're in it for the long haul. and at this moment in time it is very important that ukraine maintain the initiative in this war. russia's losing. russia's losing. even though they're trying to put on an offensive, they're not gaining ground. and it's clear that uk

. >> and christina, on a separate issue in munich china's top diplomat wang yi called the u.s.hootdown of its balloon, quote, absurd and hysterical. what do we know about the meeting he had with u.s. secretary of state antony blinken? >> reporter: right. this was the first face-to-face meeting since those incidents. a senior state department official tells cbs news the secretary was frank and direct immediately bringing up what the u.s. says was a violation of american airspace by that chinese spy balloon. blinken gave an interview to cbs's margaret brennan. >> so one of the things i'm hearing here in munich is real concern about the surveillance balloon program. i suspect the fact that it's been exposed by us is going to have to cause china to take another look at this. >> and that full interview will air tomorrow on "face the nation." adriana? >> we'll be christina ruffini, thank you. >>> the biden administration is facing backlash tonight over its handling of the massive train derailment in east palestine, ohio. fema officials arrived at the site today more than two weeks af

>> reporter: wang yi is china's top diplomat and he was there with president putin on camera in the beginning. it was interesting to watch. i think western capitals and in washington they'll be looking closely at what was said. it was notable that president putin in that -- in that early comments was repeating that president xi of china will come to russia, even though a date hasn't yet set. this has been talked about for some months now. they say they're in the early stages of discussing it, of planning it, but he wanted to make sure that everybody knew that that was going to happen, including china's top diplomat sitting opposite him and wang yi went on to talk about the solid relationship between china and russia, and also said something interesting, i thought, he said that from crisis comes opportunity. and people will look at that closely i think and ask whether china is thinking it can gain some opportunity from the crisis over ukraine, whether it is a message to president putin to say you need to look toward how to shift your position a little bit, how can we make this a positive thing

putin also held talks with china's top envoy, wang yi. u.s.ced concern this week the chinese could supply lethal military aid to the russian army. >> we've made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us. >> reporter: both countries flexed their military might today in drills off the south african coast. u.s. officials criticized putin's decision tuesday to suspend participation in the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the two countries. asked about it today, president biden had this to say. >> a big mistake. >> reporter: that arms treaty caps the number of nuclear warheads the u.s. and russia can have, and allows for mutual inspection of each over's programs. but the inspections were stopped during the pandemic. suspending them further would mean the u.s. would know even less about russia's nuclear capabilities and intentions. margaret? >> ed o'keefe in arkansas poland, tonight. >>> we turn to the aftermath of that toxic train derailment in ohio. the epa says norfolk southern could be on the hook for all cleanu

bigger story is what happened before the rally today, when vladimir putin met china's top diplomat, wang yi the kremlin. do we know what they talked about and what are the objectives of these two powers? guest: two is keen to show that he is not isolated, so i think for him the importance of this meeting was greater than china's. china's importance to pressure has been growing since the 2014 annexation of crimea by russia and the introduction of western sanctions against russia. the russian government has been turning or shifting the whole russian economy from west to east, to china. as for china's interest in moscow, we can see that a senior chinese diplomat has been traveling to russia to talk with vladimir putin about the arguably most important issue, the war in ukraine, that china calls, by the way, a ukraine crisis. however, china wants to mediate and show to president biden enter the united states that it remains a reliable international partner, and to reject accusations that beijing would support russia with weapons. brent: another major story happening today in moscow is the suspi

he was speaking to cbs news, after meeting china's top diplomat, wang yi, on the sidelines of the internationalh security conference in germany. he said he'd warned mr wang of consequences if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs that chinese firms were already providing non—lethal aid for russia's invasion. james landale reports. for months now, vladimir putin has been wooing china's president so is all that diplomacy about to pay off? so far, china has neither endorsed nor condemned russia's invasion of ukraine, calling instead for a peaceful solution. but the us believes russian forces in ukraine are already getting surveillance and other information from chinese firms. and america's top diplomat now believes that china could be going further and providing weapons. we have seen them provide non—lethal support to russia for use in ukraine. the concern that we have now is based on information we have that they are considering providing lethal support and we've made very clear to them that that would cause a serious problem for us and then in our relationship. that messag

he was speaking to cbs news after meeting china's top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the internationalnference in munich. he said he'd warned mr wang of consequences if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs that chinese firms were already providing non—lethal aid for russia's invasion. he was appearing on the face the nation. there is open source reporting that chinese companies are providing. surveillance equipment to that - mercenary group, the wagner group, fighting in ukraine. does the us consider this to be providing l military support to russia? we've been concerned from day one about that possibility. in fact, if you go back to the very first conversations that president biden and president xi had about russia's war of aggression against ukraine just a couple of weeks into the war, president biden shared with president xi our deep concern about the possibility china would provide lethal support to russia in this effort, as well as engage in the systematic evasion of sanctions. and the reason for that concern was just weeks before the aggression, you'll rem

vladimir putin today met with wang yi, head of the office of the foreign affairs commission of the centralmittee of the party of china, to discuss the development of russian -chinese relations, according to the president. they develop progressively, new ones are achieved frontiers. vladimir putin stressed that cooperation between russia and china is very important for stabilizing the situation around the world . anastasia efimova will tell more about the negotiations. at a meeting with the head of chinese foreign relations diplomacy. today, complex, they have not become better after the collapse of the bipolar systems. e. well, er, on the contrary, in this regard, cooperation in the international arena between the people's republic of china and the russian federation has even become more acute, as we have repeatedly stressed , are very important for stabilizing the international situation, we have a lot of joint work. and, of course, we are, uh, waiting for the chairman of the people's republic of china to visit russia. judging by the reaction that vann and the positions of moscow and beij

the first face-to-face meeting between secretary blinken and his chinese counterpart, wang yi. won the earlier here at the conference, even a very impressive speech. the conference denying that the balloon was a spy balloon, saying it was a civilian airship. and saying that the united states was getting hysterical in its reaction. it's a very aggressive speech. they also spoke about the ukraine war, so black and rose both of those subjects, raise both of those subjects, i should say, with wang yi and about an hour's meeting, this was an attempt to warn the chinese against supplying weapons, lethal aid, to russia, how serious a step that would be. and laying this out in very direct and forceful, direct and clear terms, we should say, according to u.s. officials. and according to the secretary himself, as cnn told todd and taping tonight -- you will see the secretaries full remarks on meet the press with chuck todd tomorrow, and then he will be heading on to turkey and greece, as a matter of fact, for the rest of his european trip. >> we will be watching that tomorrow with chuck

wang yi, china's top diplomat, is expected in moscow for talks on several issues including ukraine. the role of china in the war in ukraine, i've been speaking to ianjohnson, a senior fellow in china studies at the us think tank, the council on foreign relations. i asked him whether there is any evidence for what the united states is saying about china. well, so far there there is no real evidence the united states has made this assertion that china's considering i think they've probably been considering this for about a year and so far have refrained from doing so for good reason — that this would cause a huge rift. now, i guess if the us has real evidence that they're planning to do something, then they would probably need to make that public. otherwise, it's going to be hard to sustain this accusation. indeed. and of course this coming on the back of further tensions between the us and china. i'm just wondering from what you've heard, how is what the us has been saying about this being viewed in china and what beijing might decide to do or not to do with regards to the war in ukr

wang yi — china's top diplomat — is expected in moscow for talks on several issues including ukraine.hina in the war in ukraine i'm joined now by ianjohnson, a senior fellow in china studies at the us think tank, the council on foreign relations. it's great to get you on the programme. this is a pretty strong statement from antony blinken. is there any evidence for the united states is staying —— saying to china possibly supplying weapons to russia? ~ , ., ., , possibly supplying weapons to russia? ~ ., , ., russia? well, so far, there is no real evidence. _ russia? well, so far, there is no real evidence. the _ russia? well, so far, there is no real evidence. the united - russia? well, so far, there is no real evidence. the united states russia? well, so far, there is no - real evidence. the united states has made this assertion that china are considering, they have probably been considering, they have probably been considering it for a year and so far have refrain —— refrain from doing so. i guess if the us has real evidence that they are planning to do something, they would probabl

that we have seen i just want to put to you the fact that we have seen china's top foreign official wang yialling for closer ties between the two sides. what does this tell you about what china's thinking right now in terms of its strategy with russia? i think china is thinking long term. there is an increasing perception in beijing that china is on a long—term collision course with the united states, that sooner or later the two powers, us and china will collide in some form. so in russia, china is calculating. china will need russia's support when its relations with the united states deteriorate further. and over the last year, like especially the last couple of months, we have seen the deterioration, significant deterioration, significant deterioration of us china relations. so china's foreign policy, the main focus is us china relations and how china will deal with the united states in the years to come. [30 china will deal with the united states in the years to come. do you think this is — states in the years to come. do you think this is sort _ states in the years to come. do you thin

the us state department said the visit to russia by chinese diplomat wang yi on the eve of the anniversaryce of beijing's alignment with moscow. dean cheng is an expert in chinese military and foreign policy. i asked him what he thought may come out of these meetings between russia and china. i think that above all, the two sides — china and russia — are trying to project a bonded approach to the west. that is to say that moscow and beijing are on the same sheet of paper, that they both oppose the western narrative that china is squarely on the russian side, and yet, china is also going to try and broker a peace deal. do you think that there is any plans to potentially de—escalate the war? president xi is expected to release this supposed peace proposal. i think that the chinese are going to basically make the following argument — china is not, at this time, supplying weapons to russia, unlike the west, which is supplying weapons to ukraine. therefore, the chinese proposal is somehow more objective, and my guess is that he is going to suggest, therefore, that the west should halt its suppl

proposals for a political settlement of russia's war in ukraine , the country's leading diplomat wang yi the munich security conference, after all, beijing called a war a war the document will discuss the respect of borders in the modern world, present the peace formula china is meeting on february 24 , the anniversary of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine, earlier china took a neutral position on the war in ukraine and did not condemn russia for the invasion, about 2,000 people gathered in the center of munich on saturday for a demonstration in support of ukraine. the action was attended by german politicians, members of the bundestag from various parties, as well as members of the ukrainian delegation participating in the munich security forum. this is not the only demonstration planned by the people of munich . promotions on february 24, 11th and march 21:25, during which a charity auction will be held for the needs of the armed forces of ukraine meanwhile, ukraine remains the guarantor of world food security as part of the grain program from ukraine, our ukraine has already deli

vladimir putin today met with wang yi, head of the foreign affairs commission of the central committee of the communist party and china, to discuss the development of russian-chinese relations, according to the president. they develop progressively and reach new frontiers. vladimir putin stressed that cooperation between russia and china is very important for stabilizing the situation in the world earlier today ivan and met with sergei lavrov he held talks with nikolai patrushev the day before in accordance with the plans and for the stabilization of the international situation , the assessment of the interaction between moscow and beijing given by the russian president at a meeting with the head of chinese diplomacy of international relations is very important. today, complex ones have not become better after the collapse of the bipolar system. hmm, well, er, on the contrary, they have even become more acute in this regard of cooperation in the international arena between the people's republic of china and the russian federation, as we have repeatedly emphasized are very important for