Press Secretary of the White House Jen Psaki at a briefing reported that the American president Joe Biden and the leader of the PRC Si Jinping had a telephone conversation. The dialogue of the heads of state lasted about 90 minutes, in its framework they discussed the need for frequent contacts, RIA Novosti reports.
According to Psaki, Biden and Si Jinpin spent a lot of time together, so their conversation became familiar and frank at the same time. “Biden did not avoid areas where there is disagreement, but the tonality was not instructive or indulgent, it was respectful,” the representative of the US administration.
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The press secretary added that possible future contacts were not discussed: the initial purpose of the dialogue was
Maintain communication. As part of the dialogue, the head of the two countries also discussed COVID-19 and its origin. Psaki emphasized that the administration of Baiden seeks to reveal the reasons for the pandemic, which is one of its “main concerns.”
At the same time, the psaki did not say straight, if Biden Si Jinping in China’s reluctance to participate in the second phase of the investigation of the World Health Organization (WHO) dedicated to the sources of coronavirus. According to her, this decision of the PRC Biden publicly commented earlier.
Earlier in WHO reported difficulties with finding the origins of coronavirus. According to scientists, the study of the causes of the pandemic “stalled.”