White House rejects suggestion Xi and Putin are 'teaming up' against Biden trends now

White House rejects suggestion Xi and Putin are 'teaming up' against Biden trends now
White House rejects suggestion Xi and Putin are 'teaming up' against Biden trends now

White House rejects suggestion Xi and Putin are 'teaming up' against Biden trends now

White House rejects suggestion Xi and Putin are 'teaming up' against Biden - and claims Russia is a 'junior partner' in the relationship with China and a ceasefire would be a victory from the Kremlin China's Xi Jinping met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow Administration has warned Beijing not to supply Moscow with arms  Kirby said relations aren't something the powers 'just cooked up'

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The White House on Monday said President Joe Biden is not at fault for China's President Xi Jinping's continued embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin despite Russia's brutal war in Ukraine. 

White House security spokesman John Kirby was asked about the two powers 'teaming up', as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Xi for a series of meetings during a critical time in the war.

'Russia and China, it seems like these two superpowers are teaming up now against the U.S., Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked him. 'Why did President Biden let this happen?'

Kirby responded that the two nations had 'long chaffed at U.S. leadership,' adding, 'This is not something that these two countries just cooked up since President Biden got elected.

Putin met with Xi on the sidelines of the Winter Olympics in Beijing days before Russia launched its invasion last year. Now, the administration has warned China not to provide lethal weapons to Russia as its war carries beyond a year.

The White House was asked Monday about Russia and China 'teaming up'

The White House was asked Monday about Russia and China 'teaming up'

The two leaders met for four hours, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China's peace plan could be a 'stalling tactic' and said the world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia.'

Kirby was asked

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