Xi Jinping and Biden discuss situation in Ukraine: ‘Something we don’t want to see’ | Abroad

The phone call lasted almost two hours. Xi also told Biden that the mutual relationship cannot turn into a confrontation and that the countries should do everything together to get relations back on “the right path”. The atmosphere between the countries has been tense for some time, partly due to the Chinese refusal to strongly condemn Russian military intervention and the Chinese desire to annex Taiwan. The US supports Ukraine and wants Taiwan to remain an independent democratically governed country.

According to Xi, the US and China must do everything they can to achieve world peace. According to Chinese state media, he told Biden that the top priorities now are to continue negotiations, avoid casualties, prevent a humanitarian crisis, agree a ceasefire and “end the war as soon as possible.”

Xi also sees a role for NATO in this. According to him, he should enter into talks with Russia to “solve the factors behind the Ukraine crisis”. With the latter, Xi is referring, among other things, to a possible NATO membership of Ukraine, which Russia is strongly opposed to.

Xi also told Biden that his country is willing to provide additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine, according to Chinese state media.

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