Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the European Union’s top diplomat that Beijing can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine as this could allow the United States to turn its full attention to China,

The European Union and Moldova, at their first joint summit, signed a declaration identifying Russia as a threat. Both sides condemned the actions of the Russian regime in Ukraine, according to the website of the European Commission.

Beijing cannot afford to see Russia lose the Ukraine war, because it needs America focused on Moscow and Kyiv — and away from the Pacific, China’s top diplomat told his EU counterpart, according to a new report.