The Guardian reported the information.Responding to a question about the new U.S. sanctions at a daily press conference in Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said: "China consistently opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law and are not authorised by the UN security council."Answering another question about Trump's statement that Chinese President Xi Jinping could have a great influence on Putin in efforts to end the war, Guo Jiakun said that "dialogue and negotiations are the only feasible way out of the Ukraine crisis."At the same press conference, Guo criticized the sanctions against Russia agreed upon by the EU on Wednesday, which affected Chinese companies, stating that Beijing is very dissatisfied."China is neither the creator of the Ukraine crisis nor a party to it. The European side is in no position to make irresponsible remarks about the normal exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and Russian enterprises," he said.Guo called on Brussels to stop making an issue out of China, promising that Beijing will take all necessary measures to protect its legitimate rights and interests.On Wednesday, October 22, the U.S. Department of the Treasury imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, due to Moscow’s lack of readiness to end the war in Ukraine.