Biden and Xi call finishes

A video call between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping has finished 

A video call between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping has finished couple minutes ago, Qazet.az reports according to White House says.

The American president was hoping to persuade his Chinese counterpart to join Western pressure on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine.

The two leaders spoke for an hour and 50 minutes, their first conversation since November.

The White House has not yet released any information about the call, but the US said beforehand that Biden would urge China not to provide Russia with military equipment for its war in Ukraine.

Chinese state media reported Xi as saying on the call that "the Ukraine crisis is something that we don't want to see".