WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will head to Europe in a week's time for a visit to Britain, the NATO summit, and talks in Finland with other Nordic leaders, the White House said on Sunday (Jul 2). Biden is set to depart on Jul 9 for Britain, and then head on to Lithuania's capital Vilnius for the
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will head to Europe in a week's time for a visit to Britain, the NATO summit, and talks in Finland with other Nordic leaders, the White House said on Sunday .
The NATO summit comes as the Western military alliance seeks to admit Sweden, whose membership bid has been blocked by Türkiye and Hungary, and as Ukraine intensifies its campaign to join amid Russia's invasion.Before heading to Europe, Biden will host Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Stockholm's NATO ambitions.
Western allies and Stockholm have insisted that Sweden has met the terms of a deal to join the alliance agreed to with Ankara last year.UKRAINE'S NATO PUSH "We need a very clear and understandable signal at the Vilnius summit that Ukraine can become an equal member of NATO after the war," he told reporters in Kyiv alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
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