2023-07-10 17:27:29
The President of the USA, Joe Biden, and the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, discussed on Monday in a meeting in London the progress of the counter-offensive in Ukraine and the importance of supporting that country so that it can win the war against Russia, reported Downing Street.
The leaders stressed the importance of helping Ukraine to achieve peace “fair and lasting” in Ukraine, added the official residence in a statement released today.
Looking ahead to the NATO summit that begins tomorrow in Lithuania, Biden and Sunak agreed on the need to ensure that Sweden can quickly join the Atlantic Alliance.
“The Prime Minister and President Biden also addressed the broader geopolitical context, including in the Indo-Pacific and Iran,” added the note.
Among other things, Biden and Sunak discussed the progress made since the so-called Atlantic Declaration, the first framework for an economic partnership between the UK and the US.
“Since the last meeting of the Prime Minister and President Biden at the White House (in June), we have begun work on a UK-US Critical Minerals Agreement, and the Joint Task Force on Energy Security has met to begin work on strengthening our clean energy supply chains”the statement points out.
“The prime minister also updated (Biden) on the Artificial Intelligence Summit in the UK taking place this fall and thanked the president for his strong support for the initiative.”he added.
This is the first visit by the US head of state to the UK since he did last April on the occasion of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Northern Ireland peace agreement.
Today’s meeting took place after the controversy over the US decision to supply cluster bombs to that country, despite the controversy surrounding this weapon because it releases small bombs that They can cause numerous victims over a very wide area.
The British government has distanced itself from that decision after Sunak indicated that the United Kingdom opposes these bombs as it is part of the convention that prohibits them, signed by 123 countries.
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