White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday described President Joe Biden’s upcoming call on Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping as “an opportunity for President Biden to assess where President Xi stands” on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “The fact that China has not denounced what Russia is doing in and of itself speaks volumes,” she told reporters.
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