President Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing military or economic aid to Russia.
WASHINGTON — Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing military or economic assistance for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Healthy Aging Live updates: Putin praises troops at huge rally in Moscow National News Putin appears at big rally as troops press attack in Ukraine Ahead of the call, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would question Xi about Beijing's"rhetorical support" of Putin and an"absence of denunciation" of Russia's invasion.
Planning for the call had been in the works since Biden and Xi held a virtual summit in November, but differences between Washington and Beijing over Russian President Vladimir Putin's prosecution of his three-week-old war against Ukraine were expected to be at the center of the call. In an attempt to show international support for China's position, state broadcaster CCTV said Xi discussed Ukraine in phone calls with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, adding that the leaders' views were"extremely close."
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