China&nbsp;does&nbsp;not&nbsp;want&nbsp;to be impacted by Western economic&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;on&nbsp;Russia, the&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;ministry said Tuesday, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from an isolated Moscow.

Beijing has refused to condemn its close ally&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;over its invasion of Ukraine, while blaming the United States and NATO's "eastward expansion" for worsening tensions.

Moscow and Beijing have grown closer in recent times, in what Washington sees as an increasingly hostile alliance of the authoritarian nuclear powers.

"China&nbsp;is not a party to the crisis, still less wants to be&nbsp;affected&nbsp;by the&nbsp;sanctions,"&nbsp;Foreign&nbsp;Minister&nbsp;Wang Yi said, according to a readout of a phone call with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares published on Tuesday.

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China&nbsp;has "always opposed using&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;to solve problems, let alone unilateral&nbsp;sanctions&nbsp;that have no basis in international law", Wang said, according to the readout.

Around three weeks after Russian troops marched into Ukraine, Moscow's forces have bombarded and besieged several towns and cities.

Wang's comments were published after a seven-hour meeting between high-ranking US and Chinese officials in Rome, at which Washington said the US had expressed concern about "alignment" between&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;and&nbsp;China.

US media has reported that&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;has asked&nbsp;China&nbsp;for military and economic assistance, as its troops struggle to make ground and its economy faces devastation from Western&nbsp;sanctions.

The New York Times, citing unnamed US officials, said there was no indication whether&nbsp;China&nbsp;had responded.

But Beijing has so far sent mixed signals on&nbsp;Russia's bloody invasion and US officials say the jury is still out on how&nbsp;China&nbsp;will act.&nbsp;

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Foreign&nbsp;ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday told reporters that Beijing "strongly urges the US not to harm&nbsp;China's legitimate rights and interests when handling relations with&nbsp;Russia".

Asked about articles saying Moscow had asked Beijing for help, Zhao accused the US of "spreading disinformation" against&nbsp;China.

"Our aim is very clear, that is, to promote de-escalation of the situation... and end the conflict," he added.

Deep concerns

In the Rome meeting on Monday with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,&nbsp;China's senior diplomat Yang Jiechi reiterated the country's stance that Beijing is "committed to promoting peace talks", the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.

China&nbsp;called on all parties to exercise "maximum restraint" and "protect civilians" in the Ukraine crisis at the meeting.

The international community should support such talks to achieve substantive results as soon as possible, Yang said.

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Although Beijing&nbsp;does&nbsp;not back Western&nbsp;sanctions, the White House is pressuring the world's second-largest economy to refrain from rescuing&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;from potential default or sending weaponry.

"We've communicated very clearly to Beijing that we won't stand by," State Department spokesman Ned Price said.&nbsp;

"We will not allow any country to compensate&nbsp;Russia&nbsp;for its losses."

China does not want to be impacted by Western economic sanctions on Russia, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from an isolated Moscow.

China does not want to be impacted by Western economic sanctions on Russia, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, as pressure grows on Beijing to withdraw support from an isolated Moscow. Beijing has refused to condemn its close ally Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while blaming the United States and NATO's "eastward expansion" for worsening tensions. Moscow and Beijing have grown closer in recent times, in what Washington sees as an increasingly hostile alliance of the authoritarian nuclear powers. "China is not a party to the crisis, still less wants to be affected by the sanctions," Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, according to a readout of a phone call with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares published on Tuesday. Also read | Tesla hikes China, US prices for second time within a week China has "always opposed using sanctions to solve problems, let alone unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law", Wang said, according to the readout. Around three weeks after Russian troops marched into Ukraine, Moscow's forces have bombarded and besieged several towns and cities. Wang's comments were published after a seven-hour meeting between high-ranking US and Chinese officials in Rome, at which Washington said the US had expressed concern about "alignment" between Russia and China. US media has reported that Russia has asked China for military and economic assistance, as its troops struggle to make ground and its economy faces devastation from Western sanctions. The New York Times, citing unnamed US officials, said there was no indication whether China had responded. But Beijing has so far sent mixed signals on Russia's bloody invasion and US officials say the jury is still out on how China will act. Also read | US warns China against providing any support to Russia in the ongoing Ukraine conflict Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday told reporters that Beijing "strongly urges the US not to harm China's legitimate rights and interests when handling relations with Russia". Asked about articles saying Moscow had asked Beijing for help, Zhao accused the US of "spreading disinformation" against China. "Our aim is very clear, that is, to promote de-escalation of the situation... and end the conflict," he added. Deep concerns In the Rome meeting on Monday with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, China's senior diplomat Yang Jiechi reiterated the country's stance that Beijing is "committed to promoting peace talks", the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. China called on all parties to exercise "maximum restraint" and "protect civilians" in the Ukraine crisis at the meeting. The international community should support such talks to achieve substantive results as soon as possible, Yang said. Watch | Gravitas: US warns China against helping Russia Although Beijing does not back Western sanctions, the White House is pressuring the world's second-largest economy to refrain from rescuing Russia from potential default or sending weaponry. "We've communicated very clearly to Beijing that we won't stand by," State Department spokesman Ned Price said. "We will not allow any country to compensate Russia for its losses."

China wary of being impacted by Russia sanctions: Foreign minister

Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for the UN Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo.

Human Rights Watch said its research, supported by satellite imagery, had found crimes of deportation, forced population transfers, murder, and rape.

The UN Security Council and concerned countries should impose targeted sanctions and an arms embargo, it said.

The UN refugee agency called for a redoubling of international aid for the 480,000 refugees, 60 per cent of the children, who have fled to Bangladesh since August 25 to escape the violence.

A Myanmar government spokesman rejected the accusation of crimes against humanity, saying there was no evidence.

The US government, which has worked hard to establish close ties with Myanmar&#39;s civilian government in the face of competition from strategic rival China, did not comment directly on the Human Rights Watch charge.

However, a spokeswoman said, &quot;We are closely monitoring the situation and the facts on the ground as they continue to unfold.

&quot;We are deeply troubled by reports of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and burning of Rohingya villages by security forces and non-Rohingya individuals.&quot;

US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told the US House Foreign Affairs Committee that the US ambassador to Myanmar would visit the border of Rakhine, to look into the crisis &quot;within the next two days.&quot;

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi invited foreign diplomats to visit the area in a speech last week.

Myanmar has also rejected UN accusations that its forces are engaged in ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in response to coordinated attacks by Rohingya insurgents on the security forces on August 25.

Refugees arriving in Bangladesh have accused the army and Buddhist vigilantes of trying to drive Rohingya out of Buddhist-majority Myanmar.

&quot;The Burmese military is brutally expelling the Rohingya from northern Rakhine state,&quot; said James Ross, legal and policy director at New York-based Human Rights Watch.

&quot;The massacres of villagers and mass arson driving people from their homes are all crimes against humanity.&quot;

Myanmar, also known as Burma, says its forces are fighting insurgents responsible for attacking the police and the army, killing civilians and torching villages.

The International Criminal Court defines crimes against humanity as acts including murder, torture, rape and deportation &quot;when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack&quot;.

Government spokesman Zaw Htay said no Myanmar government had ever been as committed to the promotion of rights as the current one.

&quot;Accusations without any strong evidence are dangerous,&quot; he told Reuters. &quot;It makes it difficult for the government to handle things.&quot;

A coordinating group of aid organisations said the total number of refugees who have fled to Bangladesh since August 25 had been revised up to 480,000 after 35,000 people in two camps were found to have been missed out of the previous tally.

&quot;The massive influx of people seeking safety has been outpacing capacities to respond, and the situation for these refugees has still not stabilised,&quot; Adrian Edwards, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in Geneva.

&quot;UNHCR is calling for a redoubling of the international humanitarian response in Bangladesh.&quot;

Little Sympathy

The violence and the refugee exodus is the biggest crisis the government of Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi has faced since it came to power last year in a transition from nearly 50 years of military rule.

Myanmar regards the Rohingya as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and bouts of suppression and violence have flared for decades. Most Rohingya are stateless.

Suu Kyi has faced scathing criticism and calls for her Nobel prize to be withdrawn.

She denounced rights violations in an address to the nation last week and vowed that abusers would be prosecuted. She also said the government was trying to determine why so many people fled.

Seven UN experts, including Yanghee Lee, special rapporteur on rights in Myanmar, called on Suu Kyi to meet Rohingya to hear for herself the reasons for their exodus.

&quot;No one chooses, especially not in the hundreds of thousands, to leave their homes and ancestral land, no matter how poor the conditions, to flee to a strange land to live under plastic sheets and in dire circumstances, except in life-threatening situations,&quot; they said.

They called on Myanmar to provide humanitarian access to Rakhine state, where the military has been restricting entry.

Suu Kyi has little, if any, control over the security forces under a military-drafted constitution that also bars her from the presidency and gives the military veto power over political reform.

Myanmar has seen a surge of Buddhist nationalism in recent years, and the public is supportive of the campaign against the insurgents.

Since Sunday, the army has unearthed the bodies of 45 members of Myanmar&#39;s small Hindu community who authorities say were killed by the insurgents soon after the violence erupted.

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, which has claimed attacks on the security forces since October, denied killing the villagers.

Some Hindus have fled to Bangladesh. Others have taken refuge in Myanmar towns, accusing the insurgents of attacking them on suspicion of being government spies.

Human Rights Watch said its research, supported by satellite imagery, had found crimes of deportation, forced population transfers, murder, and rape

Myanmar is committing crimes against humanity in its campaign against Muslim insurgents in Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, calling for the UN Security Council to impose sanctions and an arms embargo. Human Rights Watch said its research, supported by satellite imagery, had found crimes of deportation, forced population transfers, murder, and rape. The UN Security Council and concerned countries should impose targeted sanctions and an arms embargo, it said. The UN refugee agency called for a redoubling of international aid for the 480,000 refugees, 60 per cent of the children, who have fled to Bangladesh since August 25 to escape the violence. A Myanmar government spokesman rejected the accusation of crimes against humanity, saying there was no evidence. The US government, which has worked hard to establish close ties with Myanmar's civilian government in the face of competition from strategic rival China, did not comment directly on the Human Rights Watch charge. However, a spokeswoman said, "We are closely monitoring the situation and the facts on the ground as they continue to unfold. "We are deeply troubled by reports of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and burning of Rohingya villages by security forces and non-Rohingya individuals." US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan told the US House Foreign Affairs Committee that the US ambassador to Myanmar would visit the border of Rakhine, to look into the crisis "within the next two days." Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi invited foreign diplomats to visit the area in a speech last week. Myanmar has also rejected UN accusations that its forces are engaged in ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in response to coordinated attacks by Rohingya insurgents on the security forces on August 25. Refugees arriving in Bangladesh have accused the army and Buddhist vigilantes of trying to drive Rohingya out of Buddhist-majority Myanmar. "The Burmese military is brutally expelling the Rohingya from northern Rakhine state," said James Ross, legal and policy director at New York-based Human Rights Watch. "The massacres of villagers and mass arson driving people from their homes are all crimes against humanity." Myanmar, also known as Burma, says its forces are fighting insurgents responsible for attacking the police and the army, killing civilians and torching villages. The International Criminal Court defines crimes against humanity as acts including murder, torture, rape and deportation "when committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack". Government spokesman Zaw Htay said no Myanmar government had ever been as committed to the promotion of rights as the current one. "Accusations without any strong evidence are dangerous," he told Reuters. "It makes it difficult for the government to handle things." A coordinating group of aid organisations said the total number of refugees who have fled to Bangladesh since August 25 had been revised up to 480,000 after 35,000 people in two camps were found to have been missed out of the previous tally. "The massive influx of people seeking safety has been outpacing capacities to respond, and the situation for these refugees has still not stabilised," Adrian Edwards, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in Geneva. "UNHCR is calling for a redoubling of the international humanitarian response in Bangladesh." Little Sympathy The violence and the refugee exodus is the biggest crisis the government of Nobel peace laureate Suu Kyi has faced since it came to power last year in a transition from nearly 50 years of military rule. Myanmar regards the Rohingya as illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and bouts of suppression and violence have flared for decades. Most Rohingya are stateless. Suu Kyi has faced scathing criticism and calls for her Nobel prize to be withdrawn. She denounced rights violations in an address to the nation last week and vowed that abusers would be prosecuted. She also said the government was trying to determine why so many people fled. Seven UN experts, including Yanghee Lee, special rapporteur on rights in Myanmar, called on Suu Kyi to meet Rohingya to hear for herself the reasons for their exodus. "No one chooses, especially not in the hundreds of thousands, to leave their homes and ancestral land, no matter how poor the conditions, to flee to a strange land to live under plastic sheets and in dire circumstances, except in life-threatening situations," they said. They called on Myanmar to provide humanitarian access to Rakhine state, where the military has been restricting entry. Suu Kyi has little, if any, control over the security forces under a military-drafted constitution that also bars her from the presidency and gives the military veto power over political reform. Myanmar has seen a surge of Buddhist nationalism in recent years, and the public is supportive of the campaign against the insurgents. Since Sunday, the army has unearthed the bodies of 45 members of Myanmar's small Hindu community who authorities say were killed by the insurgents soon after the violence erupted. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, which has claimed attacks on the security forces since October, denied killing the villagers. Some Hindus have fled to Bangladesh. Others have taken refuge in Myanmar towns, accusing the insurgents of attacking them on suspicion of being government spies.

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