Biden had a first phone call, president to president, with Vladimir Putin last week.
- I made it clear to President Putin, in a way that was very different from my predecessor, that the time when the United States lays flat in the face of Russia's aggressive actions, to interfere in our elections, cyber attacks and poison its own citizens, is over. says the President of the United States in a live appearance at the State Department in Washington DC, where he outlines the country's new foreign policy line.
- We will not hesitate to increase the costs for Russia and defend our vital interests and our people.
"War must end"
US support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen will be stopped, promises Biden, who also promised this during the presidential election campaign.
His former partner, Barack Obama, provided this support from the beginning, while Donald Trump forged even closer ties and entered into new arms agreements with the Saudis.
- This war must end, says Joe Biden.
However, the United States will continue to support Saudi Arabia's defense of the country's own territory, the US president added.
Straight around China
Joe Biden's opponents at home have for some time been trying to paint him as too friendly towards China and its growing influence in the world.
He also deals with that image.
The United States will not rule out countermeasures when China commits abuses, whether economic or geopolitical, or human rights, he continues.
- But we are prepared to work with Beijing, when it is in the US interest to do so.
The military junta that seized power in China's neighboring Myanmar on Monday must immediately abandon it and let democracy run its course, says the US president.
The United States has repeated this demand several times in recent days, while China and Russia have taken sides when the matter was raised in the UN Security Council.