Joe Biden to satisfy with King and Rishi Sunak on go to to UK in July
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oe Biden will meet the King and Rishi Sunak on a go to to London this month to “further strengthen the close relationship between our nations,” the White House has confirmed.
It will mark the King’s first assembly with Mr Biden since his coronation, which the US president didn’t attend, with First Lady Jill Biden taking his place.
Mr Biden will go to the UK on July 9 earlier than heading off to the Nato summit in Lithuania and ending in Finland on July 13.
A go to to the UK had lengthy been anticipated and comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Washington final month for talks.
Confirming the go to, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned: “President Biden will first travel to London, United Kingdom for engagements with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to further strengthen the close relationship between our nations.”
Buckingham Palace mentioned the King would meet with Mr Biden at Windsor Castle on July 10.
Mr Biden made a short journey to Northern Ireland in April to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, assembly the Prime Minister for temporary talks in Belfast.
Next week’s quick journey by Mr Biden comes after the US and the UK introduced a brand new partnership, the ‘Atlantic Declaration’, to bolster financial safety.
Announced throughout Mr Sunak’s go to to the White House, it included commitments on easing commerce boundaries, nearer defence business ties and a knowledge safety deal.
While either side used that Washington go to to hail the energy of US-UK ties, Mr Biden has not been afraid of often criticising London.
Mr Biden in May claimed that he visited the island of Ireland earlier this 12 months to make sure the “Brits did not screw round”, amid ongoing US concern concerning the affect of Brexit on the peace course of.
During that go to, the President advised the Irish parliament that he believed the UK must be working extra intently with the administration in Dublin to assist Northern Ireland.
Mr Sunak will even be attending the Nato summit in Vilnius, which is seen as a crunch summit at which a compromise on Ukraine’s demand for membership of the alliance is predicted to be hammered out.