The background is the accusation that China supplies Russia with goods that can be used for both peaceful and military purposes. It came on Monday Allegation that China also supplies drones to Russia. In connection with EU sanctions against Iran, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in Brussels: “In this sense, we are introducing further sanctions against Iran and are also making this clear to Chinese drone aid, because that must and will have consequences.” Scholz did not address the question of possible sanctions against China.
In his conversation with Xi, he will also talk about the North Korean soldiers who are now stationed in Russia and used in the war against Ukraine. The operation is an escalation. “By the way, I see that quite a few people here see it that way,” he said of discussions at the G-20 summit of the most important industrialized and emerging countries.
