Brussels, 21 March 2023 (dpa/MIA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned China against supplying Russia with weapons amid the invasion of Ukraine as this "would be to support an illegal war."

NATO has not seen "any proof" that China is delivering weapons but the alliance has "seen some signs that his has been a request from Russia," Stoltenberg said.

The top NATO official said providing arms "is an issue that is [being] considered in Beijing" and urged China not to do so. This would only prolong the war, he said.

Stoltenberg said the three-day meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow "is part of pattern" of China and Russia growing closer and closer in recent years.