Chinese leader Xi Jinping said war is 'in no one's interest' during a phone call with President Joe Biden, but he showed no sign of giving in to US pressure to join Western condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
US President Joe Biden holds an online meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on 15 November 2021.Chinese leader Xi Jinping said war is "in no one's interest" during a phone call Friday with President Joe Biden, but he showed no sign of giving in to US pressure to join Western condemnation of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
China should "understand that their future is with the United States, with Europe, with other developed and developing countries around the world. Their future is not to stand with Vladimir Putin," Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told CNN earlier Friday. Mr Biden "will make clear that China will bear responsibility for any actions it takes to support Russia's aggression and we will not hesitate to impose costs," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said ahead of the call.The Biden-Xi call came after US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Yang Jiechi, the Chinese Communist Party's chief diplomat, held what the White House called a "substantial" seven-hour meeting in Rome this week.
Despite the coziness with Moscow, China - the world's biggest exporter - is tightly bound to the United States and other Western economies. It also wants to play a leadership role in the world. Ukraine's President Voldymyr Zelensky had vowed to continue the rescue operation in Mariupol "despite shelling" by Russian forces that has reduced the southern city to smoking ruins.
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