US President Joe Biden with UK King Charles-III (Left) and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (Right)
United States President Joe Biden began his trip to Europe with a visit to London where he met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles-III.
The US President described the relationship between the two nations as “rock solid.” The meeting between Biden and Sunak comes ahead of a key NATO meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital, reported ANI.
Biden, who is on a three-nation visit, made his first stop at the UK before heading later in the day for a NATO leaders summit in Lithuania.
In the UK, the President first sat down with PM Sunak at his No. 10 Downing Street residence.
At the meeting, Biden said, “We met in San Diego, Belfast, Hiroshima, Washington, here. And couldn’t be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally. And we got a lot to talk about, and I — I think we’re doing well. I think we’re moving along in a way that’s positive, but our relationship is rock solid between the United States, Great Britain. And I look forward to our discussions,” according to the statement released by the White House.
PM Sunak welcomed Biden and said, “Very privileged and fortunate to have you here.”
Recalling the previous meeting at the White House in June when UK and US signed the Atlantic Declaration — the first-of-its-kind economic partnership, Sunak said, “Great for us to carry on our conversations, which we were having just a month or so ago, it feels like, in the White House, where we signed the Atlantic Declaration — the first-of-its-kind economic partnership, which I know we’ll be talking about today: how do we strengthen our cooperation, joint economic security to the benefit of our citizens.”
