On March 29, local time, the White House issued a statement saying that U.S. President Biden had a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Prime Minister Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Draghi and British Prime Minister Johnson on the same day.

The statement pointed out that the leaders of the five countries jointly stated in the call that they will continue to strengthen sanctions against Russia and continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine.

  In addition, they discussed the disruption caused by the current sanctions against Russia and the importance of supporting stable energy markets.

(CCTV reporter Xu Tao)