2024-07-10 23:57:20
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, received the newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House this Wednesday, pointing out that the United Kingdom is the “tie” that binds NATO together, while congratulating him on the victory of The victory of the England football team in the Euro Cup.
In the framework of the transatlantic partnership conference in Washington, the British politician, who took power after the victory of the Labor party last week, emphasized that his country has a “special relationship” with the United States.
The connection between the two countries, he emphasized in the statement at the beginning of this first meeting as Prime Minister with Biden, “is stronger than ever,” to which the United States added that they are “best friends.”
Starmer also had time to joke about England’s victory against the Netherlands in the Euro tournament, to which Biden replied that “it’s all thanks to the Prime Minister”, who had some time before the NATO summit to watch the actual match.
This was the first personal meeting of the two leaders, after Starmer’s victory and a few days after the US President called him to congratulate him on his new position.
Before the meeting, Biden noted that the two had “a lot to discuss” but did not elaborate.
However, as the British government announced in a statement before the meeting, Starmer will inform Biden of his “determination” to address the challenges facing Western countries.
In particular, he will emphasize that his country is determined to continue to support Ukraine and increase its defense spending, from 2 to 2.5% of its GDP, for this goal.
This Wednesday, the member countries of NATO consider the way of Ukraine to join the agreement that does not change and agree not only to support the country in the long term, but also to strengthen their own capabilities in defense and the prevention industry.
Along the way, they decided to allocate at least $43.316 million at today’s exchange rate, in military aid to Ukraine in 2025 so that it can resist the Russian attack.
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