During a high-level meeting with European Union (EU) officials, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas that China cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine.

The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas told Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Wednesday that Beijing needed to rebalance its trade relationship with the EU and warned Chinese companies' support for Russia's war in Ukraine posed a serious threat to European security.

The head of the European Union's foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, stated that the continued support of Chinese companies for Russia's war against Ukraine poses a serious threat to European security, and urged China to immediately cease any assistance to the Russian military-industrial complex.