Biden called the rapprochement between Russia and China "greatly exaggerated."
Channel: Арсений Захаров
Date: 2023-03-25

The President of the United States stated that western countries are cooperating much closer and have expanded their alliances much stronger than Russia and China. He also asked for an example of the economic commitments Beijing made to Moscow. 

One should not take Russia or China lightly, but their closeness during the visit of Chinese leader Xi Jinping appears to be "greatly exaggerated," while western countries are united in much stronger alliances. This was stated by US President Joe Biden during a press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as reported on the White House website.

"Well, first of all, look: over the last ten years Russia and China have had 40 meetings. I don't agree with the basic premise of your question. ... You know, we have expanded our alliances significantly. I haven't seen that happening with China and Russia or anybody else in the world," said the US president.

Biden also said that in the past two years as president, he has met with 80% of world leaders: "We are the ones who are expanding alliances." As an example, he mentioned NATO, the G7, Quad, ASEAN, and asked for an example of the economic commitments China made to Russia. In response to the journalist's statement that trade between the two countries has increased, the American leader asked: "Yes, their trade has increased, compared to what?"

The President reminded of media reports and intelligence data claiming that Beijing "plans to provide Russia with a significant amount of weapons." He emphasized that so far China has not done so, and if Beijing and Moscow were to become closer, "the West would unite much stronger."