US President Joe Biden made no statements about the situation in Ukraine during the press conference. He mentioned Russia in the context of reflections on autocratic regimes.
US President Joe Biden, during his first press conference as head of the White House on March 25, did not touch on the topic of Ukraine, reports the correspondent of the publication “GORDON”.
At the beginning of the press conference, the President of the States touched upon the internal problems of the United States, spoke about the material assistance that the authorities allocated to the citizens of the country during the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Biden discussed the topic of illegal migrants and their conditions of detention on the border with Mexico.
Speaking about international politics, the President of the United States touched upon relations with Afghanistan, North Korea, China… ABOUT Of Russia he mentioned in the context of discourse on modern autocratic regimes.
“Please note: Russia no longer talks about communism. It stands for autocracy, where decisions are made by one person. – the leader of the country. This is where, in fact, everything is going. We must prove that democracy works, ” Biden said.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Biden compared with Chinese leader Xi Jinping… The head of the White House said about the latter that “a completely non-democratic person. “
“Like Putin, he probably believes that the future of the world is authoritarianism, autocracy,” Biden said.
On February 19, at the Munich Security Conference, Biden said that defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine remains vital for Europe and the United States.
On February 26, 2021, on the Day of Resistance to the Occupation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Biden confirmed that the United States would not recognize the annexation of the peninsula. “Crimea is Ukraine “– he stressed.
In the beginning of March Biden extended anti-Russian sanctionsimposed because of the aggression against Ukraine.
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