The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said Friday that a partnership between the Russian and Chinese leaders worried him, adding, 'We have never seen a threat this large scale to Europe and the Pacific, I would argue, since World War II.'
The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee said Friday that a partnership between the Russian and Chinese leaders worried him, adding, "We have never seen a threat this large scale to Europe and the Pacific, I would argue, since World War II."
China has stepped up purchases of Russian oil and gas, which helps Putin's government offset lost sales after the United States, Europe and Japan cut off most purchases of Russian energy. Beijing can do that without triggering Western sanctions on its own companies, but Washington and its allies are frustrated that it undercuts economic pressure on Moscow.
McCaul, who was part of a U.S. congressional delegation visiting Sweden and met with Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, said he expects the Nordic country to join NATO by October. By having Finland and Sweden in NATO, "I think it will achieve the exact opposite effect that Mr. Putin wanted to achieve, and that was to weaken and divide NATO," McCaul said. With the two Nordic neighbours in NATO, the alliance has "never been stronger and more united," he said.
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