“In the worst case scenario, the US will shift its attention from Ukraine to tensions with China over Taiwan,” he said.

According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, at the moment the situation around Taiwan does not cause concern to NATO.

Earlier, the US State Department reported that US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed three sets of issues in a telephone conversation related to expanding cooperation between Washington and Beijing, Russia's special operation in Ukraine and the situation around Taiwan.