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Xi Reportedly Told Trump Putin “Might End Up Regretting” Invading Ukraine
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping told US President Donald Trump during talks in Beijing last week that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “might end up regretting” launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the Financial Times on May 19.
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According to several people familiar with the US assessment of the summit discussions, Xi made the remarks during broad negotiations that included conversations on the war in Ukraine and international legal institutions.
Sources familiar with the talks said Xi’s comments appeared more direct than his previous statements regarding Russia’s war against Ukraine.
One individual familiar with earlier meetings between Xi and former US President Joe Biden said past discussions on Ukraine had been “frank and direct,” but that Xi had previously avoided openly assessing Putin’s decision to invade, Financila Times reported.
During the summit, Trump also reportedly proposed that the United States, China, and Russia cooperate in opposing the International Criminal Court, arguing that the three countries shared common interests regarding the institution.
The development comes, as EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned that the United States, China, and Russia are all interested in weakening European unity because a cohesive European Union represents a powerful geopolitical force, Politico reported.
Speaking at the Lennart Meri Conference in Tallinn, Kallas called on EU member states to avoid pursuing separate bilateral arrangements with Washington. According to Politico, she described the Trump administration’s approach toward Europe as an attempt to “divide and conquer.”
“They don’t like the European Union, that’s very clear,” Kallas said, as cited by the outlet. “But we need to understand why they don’t like the EU; why China doesn’t like the EU, why Russia doesn’t. It is because if we stick together, if we operate together, then we are equal powers, we are strong.”
At the same time, Trump rejected claims that he had reached any arrangement with Vladimir Putin regarding the transfer of Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions to Russia.
Speaking to reporters on May 12 before departing for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump responded to a question about whether there was “any understanding” with Putin that Russia should control the entire Donbas.
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