Xi Jinping to Biden: “A conflict is not in anyone’s interest”

the president of United States, Joe Bidenholds a telephone conversation this Friday with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinpingin which it will seek to press so that China distance himself from Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The US president will warn him of the consequences that he could bring with him if he decides to help the Kremlin.

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This meeting, the fourth since the 79-year-old Democrat became president of the United States, began at 13:03 GMT (09:03 local time)according to the White House.

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Biden speaks with him from the “Situation Room”, an ultra-secure room in the White House from where the United States carries out the most risky operations and the most difficult negotiations.

What did you say Xi Jinping until now?

a conflict”it’s not in anyone’s interest”, Xi Jinping told his American counterpart, according to statements quoted by Chinese television. The Chinese leader said that his country and the US share a responsibility to contribute to world peace.

He stressed that China and the United States have to “assume” their “international responsibilities”as reported by Chinese television.

“As permanent members of the UN Security Council and as the world’s two largest economies, it is incumbent on us not only to steer Sino-US relations on the right track, but to shoulder our international responsibilities and work for peace and tranquility in the world.Xi was quoted as saying by CCTV.

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Wendy Sherman, number two in US diplomacy, explained on CNN on Friday the purpose of the conversation: “We want the Chinese Communist Party, which is a very important power on the international scene (…) to understand that its future lies with the United States, with Europe, with other developed and developing countries. His future is not to support Vladimir Putin”.

Some conciliatory statements, after others in a more threatening tone made on Thursday by the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.

“We are concerned that they contemplate directly helping Russia with military equipment that would be used in Ukraine.”, Blinken declared to the press, noting that in his talk with Xi Biden “It will make it clear to you that China will bear responsibility for any action taken to support Russian aggression and that we will not hesitate to impose costs on you.”.

It is the clearest warning issued by the United States since the beginning of the Ukraine invasion, but it had already criticized China for its “alignment” with Russia.

For Joe Biden, the two superpowers compete economically and strategically, but they must dialogue so that this is not a factor of chaos at the international level. But if China openly supports Russia, with arms deliveries or economic and financial agreements that allow it to partially evade harsh Western sanctions, its position would change.

“unlimited friendship”

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, the Chinese communist regime, which maintains a close relationship with Russia, with which it shares a deep hostility towards the United States, has refrained from asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.

But the “limitless friendship” professed by Beijing and Moscow is questioned by the war, and the government of President Xi Jinping seems surprised by the Ukrainian resistance and the harshness of the sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to isolate Russia from world economic and financial exchanges. .

Xi Jinping”must arbitrate between several priorities. Attaches great importance to partnership with Russia, but does not want to undermine relations with the West”, on which China depends “for your access to certain advanced technologies”, explains Ryan Hass, an expert at the Brookings Research Institute and former adviser to US President Barack Obama on China, to AFP.

“The interests of China and Russia are not aligned. Putin wants to blow up the international system while President Xi sees himself as the architect of a new international order“, Add.

With information from AFP.

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