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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday, after four days of talks with China, that she has warned the country’s banks and exporters of aiding Russia’s military capacity.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Beijing earlier on Monday, emphasising the two country’s close diplomatic ties. Russian state news agency TASS reported that the ministers would “discuss the situation in Ukraine.”

I stressed that companies, including those in the PRC, must not provide material support for Russia’s war and that they will face significant consequences if they do. And I reinforced that any banks that facilitate significant transactions that channel military or dual-use goods to Russia’s defense industrial base expose themselves to the risk of U.S. sanctions.