European intelligence officers have gained access to information regarding the operation of a plant in China that is likely producing military drones for the Russian Federation.
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As NBN reports, citing Politico sources, the relevant structures The EU intends to demand an official response from Beijing over the disclosure of such information.
Based on the words of an unspecified official, Brussels plans to determine, although it is “hard to believe that this was done without knowledge,” whether the Chinese authorities know about the activities of this enterprise, and whether Beijing also understands that the production of such technical equipment indicates “direct military cooperation” between Russia and China. The European official noted that if the fact of sending drones to the Russian Federation is confirmed, then China is guaranteed certain “consequences.”
In addition, unnamed diplomats informed that the process of producing drones in China, judging by everything, will become a key item on the agenda of the meeting of EU foreign ministers scheduled for next week:
We will have to look very closely at whether China is moving away from its position of neutrality in the Ukrainian conflict, which it has publicly held until now.
Earlier, our information portal wrote that Trump threatened EU member states with a trade war.
