Blinken to meet Chinese counterpart amid concerns over China's drone supply to Russia

New York — 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to conscionable with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi connected Friday, connected the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly successful New York.

This gathering betwixt the countries’ apical diplomats comes amid increasing U.S. concerns implicit Chinese firms supplying chips and drones to Moscow, which person importantly bolstered Russia's battlefield capabilities successful its warfare against Ukraine.

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has told the Congress that China's worldly enactment for Russia's warfare effort "comes from the precise top."

Blinken’s talks with Wang volition instrumentality spot up of a telephone betwixt U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, expected aboriginal this fall.

Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the U.N. General Assembly that Ukraine would ne'er judge a woody imposed by different nations to extremity Russia’s 31-month invasion, questioning the motives of China and Brazil successful pushing for negotiations with Moscow.

For months, U.S. officials person accused China of actively aiding Russia's warfare effort. Washington has sanctioned Chinese firms providing important components to Russia's defence industry.

State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller precocious told VOA that the U.S. openly discusses its “differences” with China to guarantee that some countries "at slightest recognize wherever the different is coming from, adjacent if we can’t scope an agreement."

He added that Washington is managing its narration with China to forestall it from "veering from contention into conflict."