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Feb 18 5 tweets 2 min read
China's Wang Yi says at #MSC2023 Beijing will issue a position paper on Ukraine reiterating President Xi's view that territorial integrity and sovereignty 'must be respected'; nuclear war 'must not be fought'
'We will work with all sides,' Wang Yi says of the Russia/Ukraine conflict, 'until the day peace arrives.'
Wang Yi says at #MSC2023 the downing of China's balloon by the U.S. was "absurd and hysterical" and "100% abuse of the use of force."

"There are many balloons in the sky. Do you want to down each and every one of them?"
Wang Yi on U.S. downing Chinese balloon: "It does not show America is strong; on the contrary, it shows the opposite."

We urge the US not do do such "preposterous" things to "divert" from domestic problems.
Asked about the potential for conflict over Taiwan, Wang Yi says at #MSC2023: "Taiwan is part of Chinese territory. It has never been a country. And it will not be a country in the future. This is the status quo of the Taiwan question."

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Feb 18
CIA Director William Burns: “I think the president’s decision to selectively and carefully declassify some of our…intelligence has had a very important impact throughout the course of the war” in Ukraine #MSC2023 Image
House Intelligence Committee chairman @RepMikeTurner notes bipartisan, bicameral support for Burns and the IC’s work and gives a notable, amicable shoutout to Ranking Member @jahimes, in attendance
Turner & Burns describe the early deliberations over providing Ukrainians with U.S. intelligence on the location of Russian troops - which was initially feared to be ‘provocative.’ Ultimately that shared tactical intel “had an immediate impact on the battlefield,” Burns says
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Feb 18
.@VP Kamala Harris announces U.S. has formally determined Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine.

"In the case of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, we have examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt: These are crimes against humanity."
"And I say to all those who have perpetrated these crimes and to their superiors who are complicit in those crimes: you will be held to account." - @VP Kamala Harris at #MSC2023
"No nation is safe in a world where one country can violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of another," VP Harris says, to applause
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Feb 2
CIA Director Burns: “China remains the biggest geopolitical challenge the U.S. faces in the decades ahead, and the biggest priority for CIA.”

Says new technologies are the “main arena”for competition with China & the “main determinant of our future as an intelligence service”
In Ukraine, CIA's Burns says the next six months will be "critical," with Putin still betting that "political fatigue" will set in across the West. "We do not assess" that Moscow is serious about negotiations
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Jul 20, 2022
CIA Director William Burns on Putin's meeting with Khamenei: "The reality is that Russians and Iranians need each other right now...but if they need each other, they don't really trust each other, in the sense that they're energy rivals and historical competitors."
Burns continued: "It's a reflection in some ways of the deficiencies of Russia's defense industry today, the difficulties they're having after significant losses so far in the war against Ukraine and replenishing their stocks as well."
Burns: "Both sides are going to look for ways in which they can help one another evade sanctions. Both sides, I think, are looking to demonstrate they have options...

...There are limits, I think, to the ways in which they're going to be able to help one another right now."
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Jul 20, 2022
.@AmbQinGang at @AspenSecurity: "Xinjiang and Hong Kong-related issues are fundamentally not about democracy, human rights, ethnicity or religion. It is about anti-terrorism, anti-secession.. protecting people’s lives.. Xinjiang can never allowed to be another Islamic State.”
On Russia/Ukraine, Qin says, "China's stance is fair and objective," noting impacts of the conflict are "spilling over, leading to multiple crises." "What China is calling for is [an] immediate ceasefire, resumption of peace talks; all parties involved should be engaged."
And, Qin continues, there's a "misunderstanding" of China-Russia relations, arguing the February joint statement shows "common opposition to Cold War mentality, to geopolitical confrontation...and it shows the two countries' common support for promoting democracy"
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Jul 19, 2022
Kirby, citing declassified U.S. intelligence, says Russia is laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory that it controls; Moscow is reviewing detailed plans to add Kherson, Zaporizhzhia & all of Donetsk and Luhansk. No timeline specified but could be as soon as September.
If Russia proceeds with annexation the US will respond "swiftly and severely," in lockstep with allies, with additional sanctions. "We will never recognize any purportedly annexed territories belonging to Russia."

US also to announce aid to Ukraine that will include more HIMARs.
"We don't have any indication" that the sale of Iranian drones to Russia has actually occurred, and no indication training has already been done on them, Kirby says, in answer to a Q about Jake Sullivan's announcement last week. Putin met today with Raisi and Khamenei in Tehran.
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