americans. and so wil joe bidewhile joe bi have wanted to make saudi arabia a global pariah, the americans have quickly realized that you can t just ignore them given their growing influence. and so the u.s. is not engaged and others will fill the void. china is trying to be more assertive. and the crown prince was on the phone with vladimir putin just 1 24 hours after meeting with secretary blinken. listen. thanks for the kingdom of saudi arabia for its significant contributions to our shared work to defeat isis. as a founding member of the coalition and through its leadership today. global community, so much of it represented here today, faces no
line from vladimir putin as they were signing these documents deepening their partnership that really summed up the reason why these two are getting together, why xi jingping picked a guy that is, you know, potentially facing war crimes trial at some point down the road. he s a global pariah, heavily sanctioned by the west and xi jingping is taking a lot of heat from the west for his support which was announced even before the war began and is now strengthening through the war. i mean, china has been, you know, bolstering russia s economy, predicting them in many ways from the impact of sanctions by buying russian oil, selling them things that are sanctioned by the west, including high-tech microchipping. they ve been selling parts that can be used for military purposes. whether they re going to take that to the next level and give them ammunition or military equipment has yet to be seen. and there wouldn t be a big announcement about that. the reason that xi is favoring
chinese president xi jinping is in saudi arabia. we have new video just in to cnn. president xi meeting with mohamed bin salman. the chinese leader taking part in two major summits. greater chinese influence could come at the expense of u.s. partnerships. let s bring in nic robertson. nic, talk to me about the relationship that exists between president xi and bin salman and what they stand to gain? i think it s constructive if we go back to february 2019 when president xi jinping invites him to beijing. why does he do that? that s two months after the killing of jamal khashoggi. he was becoming a global pariah. xi jinping knew bringing him to
his predecessor liz truss had described russia in those terms. but interestingly countries like the us having. i think they describe russia as a pariah nation, a pariah nation. in two put the dot on the head of a pen but semantics is important. i think this is a sign for rishi sunak seem to show that he means business against russia. remember, he let it know that he didn t want to go to the 6 know that he didn t want to go to the g 27 know that he didn t want to go to the 6 27 summit in egypt where he gave an underwhelming speech. i think this is where he s trying to lay the ground like, please take me serious. , ., ., ., ., serious. global pariah or rogue state, serious. global pariah or rogue state. not serious. global pariah or rogue state, not sure serious. global pariah or rogue state, not sure if serious. global pariah or rogue state, not sure if president - serious. global pariah or rogue i state, not sure if president putin is going to care between the distinction of one
mohammed bin salman. do you regret the fist bump, mr. president? why don t you guys talk about something that matters. reporter: critics say the president went against his campaign pledge to make the kingdom a, quote, global pariah after mbs signed off on the operation to kill washington post journalist jamal khashoggi in 2018. i just don t believe that we should be maintaining a warm relationship with a dictatorship like that. reporter: the administration argues there is a need for stability and working relationships in the region, especially as it continues to address soaring oil costs. while the saudi visit brought no immediate breakthroughs, the white house energy advise told face the nation he believes more global supply is possible. based on what we heard on the trip, i m confident we ll see a few more steps in the week. reporter: despite gas prices