Biden and Charles will use their visit to bring attention to climate issues, hosting a forum that will focus on how to encourage private companies to engage in more clean energy efforts, specifically in developing economies.
President Joe Biden's itinerary this week in Europe is dominated by the ongoing war in Ukraine and his continued efforts to rally an international coalition against Russia's invasion of its neighbor.The U.S. president's initial stop on his three-nation trip is Britain, where he'll meet with King Charles III for the first time since the latter was crowned in May.
That visit is paired with the sixth meeting between Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak since Sunak assumed his role in October. It's all meant to highlight the so-called enduring "special relationship" between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. When Biden declined to attend Charles's coronation, he promised the king in a phone call that he would visit soon.
Before making his way to Windsor Castle, Biden sat down with Sunak in a session that the White House said will focus on a range of global issues but is sure to be dominated by their continued efforts to back Ukraine. The two nations have been among the most stalwart defenders of Kyiv, and the U.K. has pushed the White House to take more aggressive steps in providing military aid to Ukraine.
"It took me a while to be convinced to do it," Biden said in a CNN interview ahead of his trip to Europe. "But the main thing is, they either have the weapons to stop the Russians ... from stopping the Ukrainian offensive through these areas, or they don't. And I think they needed them.""The U.K. is signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use," he told broadcasters on Saturday. The U.S.
And as the two leaders met over tea in the garden of 10 Downing St. on Monday, they continued to project that face of unity.
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