But before his staff even began planning for the call, another meeting was taking shape: the Chinese government announced Xi plans to travel Monday to Russia for a three-day summit with President Vladimir Putin as Xi works to cast himself as a potential peacemaker in the Ukraine war.
He said such a Chinese proposal could include some type of ceasefire, which he said would merely provide a way for Russia to regroup before launching a reprisal.The Putin-Xi summit itself did not come as a surprise to the White House since there have been reports such a meeting could occur for weeks. Still, there remain deep concerns the"no limits" partnership Xi and Putin have cemented during previous meetings could deepen during face-to-face talks.
So far, officials have said there hasn't been any indication that Beijing has made a final decision to assist Moscow's war efforts with lethal aid. But they have been considering it, according to American officials, who have been monitoring intelligence on a day-to-day basis for indications that Xi is going forward."It's something that we will watch for," US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said this week.
A drawn-out war could also benefit China if American resources and attention are consumed in Ukraine, instead of in Asia, where Beijing has become increasingly assertive militarily. And while China has not provided lethal support to Russia up until this point, it has been willing to import large sums of Russian energy, which has allowed Moscow's fiscal revenues to increase over the last year -- despite sanctions implemented by the US and its European allies.
Yet even those efforts have been taken off course in recent months with the cancellation of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing due to the Chinese spy balloon that crossed over the US. American officials initially said the meeting would be rescheduled, but more than a month later there remains no new date on the calendar.
How about Biden meeting his puppet in Kyiv, providing arms for the continuation of war instead of mediating for peace.
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