Russia-China Ties: 'Exchanging Hugs?' White House Jokes About Putin, Xi Meeting
Date
5/17/2024 10:23:28 PM
(MENAFN- Live Mint) "The White House said Friday that it had not seen any surprising advance in relations between China and Russia despite Vladimir Putin exchanging a hug with Xi Jinping on a visit to Beijing.\"Exchanging hugs? Well, that's nice for them,\" National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told a briefing when asked about the significance of photos showing the two US adversaries locked in an embrace.\"I'm not good at talking about personal human bodily affection one way or the other. I think I'll leave it to these two gents to talk about why they thought it was good to hug one another,\" said Kirby, a naval admiral known for his dry remarks from the podium United States has repeatedly voiced concerns about Chinese companies supplying Russia with technology for its invasion of Ukraine Kirby said Putin's visit did not seem to have secured any major advances in this regard and Washington had not seen Xi \"rush\" to assist Moscow's armed forces.\"We didn't see anything coming out of this meeting that we were necessarily surprised by,\" he said he added that \"I wouldn't go so far as to say we weren't concerned about this relationship and where it's going. \"We're watching.\"Putin arrived Thursday on his first trip abroad since his March re-election, meeting Xi for talks in which the leaders framed their nations' ties as a stabilizing force in a chaotic world.
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