POTUS: US President Joe Biden kicked off his 3 nation visit to Europe with a visit to the UK. Ahead of the NATO leaders summit in Lithuania, Biden met with UK’s Monarch King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at their respective residences. After his meetings President Biden left for Lithuania to attend the much anticipated summit in Vilnius.
‘Two of the firmest allies’
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sat down at No.10 and made resolve to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security alliance at the summit in Vilnius. PM Sunak declared US and UK ‘two of the firmest allies’ in NATO.
Joe Biden said, “We met in San Diego, Belfast, Hiroshima, Washington, here. And couldn’t be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally. And we got a lot to talk about, and I — I think we’re doing well. I think we’re moving along in a way that’s positive, but our relationship is rock solid between the United States, Great Britain. And I look forward to our discussions,.”
The statement was released by the White House after the meeting. The leaders also discussed progress over the Atlantic declaration which was signed at the White House.
“Great for us to carry on our conversations, which we were having just a month or so ago, it feels like, in the White House, where we signed the Atlantic Declaration — the first-of-its-kind economic partnership, which I know we’ll be talking about today: how do we strengthen our cooperation, joint economic security to the benefit of our citizens.” PM Sunak said.
‘Build resilience to a changing climate’
Later President Biden left for Windsor Castle where he met with King Charles III with 23 leading philanthropists and financiers in order to raise finances for climate change mitigation in emerging and developed countries.
After this UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry convened Climate Finance Mobilization Forum which has been inspired from work of King Charles III.
The statement read Today’s gathering builds on longstanding UK-US efforts to turbocharge the net zero, resilient transition already underway in developing and emerging economies on the road to COP28,“The Forum brought together key players to identify how we can go further faster to mobilize the private investment needed to expand clean and renewable energy across the globe, reduce both potent CO2 and non-CO2 emissions, halt deforestation and restore forests, and build resilience to a changing climate.”
President Biden then left for the Lithuania where he met with other NATO leaders. The President will his finish his tour with visit to Helsinki, Finland which is the newest NATO member. He will also attend a summit of Nordic and US leaders.
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