Biden warns Xi to 'be careful' after meeting with Putin

Xi Jinping visited Moscow and met Putin in March. Following the visit, the leaders agreed to expand trade and strengthen strategic partnership. Biden said he called Xi after the visit and told him to 'be careful' Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden warned Chinese President Xi Jinping about China's dependence on Western investment after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in March this year. Biden spoke about this in an interview with CNN, reports REUTERS .

So, after the meeting between Xi Jinping and Putin, the American president phoned the Chinese leader, reminded him that Beijing relies on Western investment , and told him to "be careful." “I told [Xi] this is not a threat. This is an observation,” Biden said.

According to him, he also informed Xi Jinping that after the start of the military operation in Ukraine , about 600 American corporations left the Russian market, and the Chinese economy is now even more dependent on the West than the Russian one was.

Xi Jinping paid an official visit to Moscow from March 20 to 22. As a result of the visit, the leaders of the states agreed to expand the scale of trade, strengthen bilateral cooperation in the energy sector, technology, agriculture, financial and industrial sectors. Putin and Xi Jinping also signed two joint documents on a plan to develop key areas of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation until 2030 and to deepen relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction.

Later, in an interview with RUSSIA 24 TV channel, Putin said that on March 20 he held an informal part of the negotiations with Xi Jinping at his residence in the Kremlin. According to him, they spoke slowly, "sitting by the fireplace and drinking tea."

Read PIONERPRODUKT .by How to protect yourself from the fall of the ruble in 2023: four key waysoil and gas - The Economist 350 companies are preparing to launch an air taxi. Who will become the market leader

In early July, the Financial Times, citing sources among Western and Chinese officials, reported that Xi Jinping personally warned Putin against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine during a state visit to Moscow, when they spoke face to face. After that, the Kremlin stated that the essence of the talks between the leaders of the two countries "was clearly set out in the documents adopted as a result of the statement," and everything else is fiction."