EU’s next top envoy says China must pay ‘higher cost’ for backing Russia

China needs to pay a “higher cost” for its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine, the European Union’s likely next top diplomat said during a confirmation hearing in Brussels on Tuesday.

“Without China’s support to Russia, Russia would not be able to continue its war with the same force. China needs to also feel a higher cost,” Kaja Kallas, the former prime minister of Estonia, said in a three-hour hearing at the European Parliament.