Washington DC:US President Joe Biden laid out to Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday the “consequences” of any backing for Russia in its war against Ukraine, the White House said, as Beijing showed no sign of joining Western condemnation of the invasion.
The comments came during a nearly two-hour phone call between the leaders of the world’s two largest economies, focusing on Ukraine, where China’s close ally Russia is in the fourth week of a bloody assault.
The White House said that Biden described to Xi “the implications and consequences if China provides material support to Russia as it conducts brutal attacks against Ukrainian cities and civilians.”