{"id":9394,"date":"2022-03-17T13:14:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/biden-to-speak-with-chinas-xi-jinping-on-friday\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T13:14:04","slug":"biden-to-speak-with-chinas-xi-jinping-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/03\/17\/biden-to-speak-with-chinas-xi-jinping-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden to speak with China’s Xi Jinping on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington – <\/em>President Biden will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, the White House said as the United States tries to deal with China’s ties with Russia amid the current situation. invasion of Ukraine<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The discussion is part of “ongoing efforts to keep lines of communication open between the United States and China,” White House Secretary of State Jen Psaki said in a statement. <\/p>\n

“The two leaders will discuss the management of competition between our two countries, as well as Russia’s war against Ukraine and other issues of mutual interest,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Biden and Xi last spoke in November<\/span> for a virtual summit that lasted more than three hours. His call on Friday follows a meeting between White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and the director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Committee of China Yang Jiechi on Monday in Rome, which was described by a senior administration official as an “intense seven-hour session.” “<\/p>\n

The official said the Biden administration has “deep concerns about China’s alignment with Russia” as it continues its attacks on Ukraine, and Sullivan was “direct” about the consequences of “certain actions.”<\/p>\n

In an official reading of the meeting, White House Sullivan “raised a number of issues in US-China relations, with a substantial discussion of Russia’s war against Ukraine” and stressed the “importance of maintaining lines open communication “between the US and China. .<\/p>\n

While many countries have distanced themselves from Russia after the invasion of Ukraine three weeks ago, and the US and the West have joined forces to impose high costs on Moscow for its war, Russia has went to China<\/span> two U.S. officials told CBS News earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Chinese and Russian officials denied that Moscow had asked Beijing for help.<\/p>\n

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