China Indicates to Biden it Won't Send Weapons to Russia as Bloody War in Ukraine Grinds On
Chinese President Xi Jinping indicated Friday his country does not plan to send weapons to Russia in support of its brutal campaign in Ukraine, aligning with public and private demands from the Biden administration in recent days that Beijing not further fan the violence.
Following a highly publicized, two-hour call with President Joe Biden, Xi touted the need for China and the U.S. specifically to “shoulder our share of the international responsibilities and work for world peace and tranquility,” according to a Chinese readout of their exchange. More importantly for Biden, however, was other language in the readout that “conflict and confrontation are not in anyone’s interest” and that “peace and security are what the international community should treasure most.”
U.S. officials in advance of the virtual summit leaked to several media outlets that they believe Russia had specifically requested more weapons from China, attempting to cash in on the two countries’ growing partnership at a time forces loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin suffer from extensive battlefield losses and inadequate resupply.
The Chinese account of the two-hour phone call reveals that Beijing considers such a dangerous escalation with its unpredictable ally not to be worth the guaranteed international fallout, according to several former officials and analysts.
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We'll see.
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