India, Sept. 14 -- Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Saturday that "China does not participate in wars or plot them", responding to US calls for allies to impose tariffs on Russian oil buyers, including China.

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the Russia-Ukraine conflict could end if all NATO countries halted Russian oil imports and imposed tariffs of 50 per cent to 100 per cent on China for its Russian oil purchases.

While Washington has imposed tariffs on India for buying Russian cargoes, it has refrained from penalising China, which considers Russia an "all-weather" strategic partner.

"War cannot solve problems, and sanctions only complicate them," Wang Yi said at a joint press conference with his Slovenian counter...