China Wants Putin Not to Threaten Nuclear War Over Ukraine: US

• On Monday morning, President Biden (USA) and Chairman Xi (China), met for over three hours.
• According to the White House, the two leaders were opposed to using nuclear weapons in Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin had threatened.
• The leaders of Taiwan reiterated their positions and stated that they seek to avoid military conflict.

While Vladimir Putin’s threat to nuclear war hung over the invasion in Ukraine, the American-Chinese leaders met for more that three hours Monday morning at the G-20 summit in Bali. They apparently did their best to encourage Russian restraint.

Although the conversation between Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, and Joe Biden was private in nature, there are many lessons to be learned from the readouts published. the White House, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Biden’s press conferenceFollowing the meeting. Xi’s agreement with Biden, that “a nuclear war should never be fought” and “can never be won,” was most notable. According to the White House account of the meeting, this view “underscored the opposition to the use or threat to use of nuclear weapons by Ukraine”.

Xi reportedly held the same position regarding Russia’s nuclear threats during a meetingThis was the first time Biden met with the German chancellor in this month’s March. But for him to again call out the nuclear blackmail of President Vladimir Putin — who has referenced the 1945 US nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and threatened to use Russia’s nukes in Ukraine — carries particular significance in a meeting with Biden.

The Chinese reading of the Xi Biden meeting with China was less precise when it came down to Russia and Ukraine. It noted that China was concerned and warned that confrontations between major nations must be avoided. It called for negotiations, not withdrawal from Russia’s unprovoked invasion. Despite Western countries’ concerns that China would join Russia in the Ukraine conflict because of the so-called “no limits friendship” between Xi Jinping and Putin, China has taken the initiative. a more neutral line.

The US and China both publicly reaffirmed their pre-existing positions on Taiwan. China was firm against independent Taiwan, while the US attacked China for its “coercive actions and increasing aggressiveness.” Biden stated in a press conference that he and Xi were honest and open with each other and that there is no need to start a new Cold War. Recent claims by US officials claim that China has increased its preparations for a possible takeover of Taiwan by force. Biden took a more measured tone in his remarks. He said, “I don’t think there’s any eminent plan by the part China in Taiwan invasion.”

This high-level meeting took place on the same date as a US/Russia discussion to reduce the risk of Ukraine war. William Burns, Director of CIA, was in Turkey. metWith his Russian counterpart, he warned against Russia using terror weapons or nukes against Ukraine.