White House Pushes Back on China-Russia Joint Statement

White House press secretary Jen Psaki answers questions during the daily White House briefing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2022. Win McNamee/Getty Images

The White House offered some pushback Friday to a joint statement issued by Beijing and Moscow.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin met with China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Beijing Olympics Friday, and the two issued a joint statement.