Biden will visit Britain, Lithuania and Finland on a five-day trip July 9-13 in support of NATO
Post Date – 11:45 PM, Sun – July 9
Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden kicked off a trip to Europe on Sunday that is expected to focus on U.S. approval of arms supplies to Ukraine and support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance.
White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said in a statement that during the five-day trip from July 9 to 13, Biden will visit the United Kingdom, Lithuania and Finland in support of NATO. In the first leg of his visit, Biden will make a stopover in London on Sunday night.
The U.S. president plans to engage King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday to further strengthen the close relationship between the two countries.
The U.S. president will attend the 74th NATO meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11-12, during which leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine and strengthening the military alliance.
Despite the fact that 123 countries around the world have banned the use of bombs, Biden announced that he would send cluster munitions to Kiev, saying “he has made a difficult decision as Ukraine is running out of ammunition,” Sky News reported. . He will visit Helsinki, Finland on July 13 to attend the US-Nordic leaders summit, conclude his visit and fly back to the US on the same day.
