Chinese envoy rejects U.S. accusations over Ukraine crisis

United Nations, Aug. 1 -- A Chinese envoy rejected U.S. accusations against China over its role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

At a Security Council meeting on Ukraine, the U.S. representative accused China of being "the most important supplier" of Russia's war efforts.

In response, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, dismissed the false and slanderous narratives against China from the U.S. side as completely unacceptable.

China did not start the Ukraine crisis and is not a party to it. China has never supplied lethal weapons to either side of the conflict and has strictly controlled the export of dual-use goods, including drones, said Geng.

"The parties to the conflict are not under Security...