There has yet to be a congratulatory message to Biden from Moscow or Beijing, and both countries appear to be waiting for the official confirmation of the election.
The Kremlin today said, “The current [U.S.] president has announced certain legal procedures. This is what makes the situation different. Therefore, we believe it’s right to wait for the official results of the elections to be announced.” Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: “We hope that it will be possible to build dialogue with the next U.S. President and agree on ways to improve bilateral relations. Particularly because an important field of bilateral relations, the security and stability field, concerns not only our two nations but in fact all nations in the world.” However, he continued, “Anticipating your possible question about congratulations from [Russian President Vladimir] Putin to the U.S. President-elect, I want to say the following: We consider it correct to wait for the official results of the elections to be announced.”
