Where to travel Biden was defined on his first departure from the United States

The president of United States, Joe biden, sets out on his first international tour in June since arriving at the White House in January, during his first visit to the UK and after Brussels, a city that should be taken advantage of to attend summits with NATO and the European Union (EU).

The president aspires to “restore alliances, revitalize transatlantic relations and work in close cooperation with allies and multilateral partners to meet global challenges and better guarantee the interests of the United States”, according to a statement signed by his spokesperson , Jen Psaki.

At UK, Biden attending the G7 summit, held June 11-13 in the English county of Cornwall, where he will hold bilateral meetings with various leaders, including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Public health, economic recovery or climate change are among the subjects to be debated during this first stage, specifies the Europa Press press agency.

Then scroll to Brussels, where to attend a NATO meeting on June 14 and reaffirm Washington’s commitment to an Alliance vilified by former President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called for a review of current strategy so that, for example, the other partners are increasing their defense spending.

On this point, the White House alludes in its statement to the need to “ensure effective burden sharing”.

Biden also participate in a summit USA-EU with which he aspires to underline the “shared interests and values” between the two parties.

Within this “common agenda” are global health security, climate change, trade cooperation, strengthening democracy and foreign policy “concerns”, according to the US office. Biden.

It will be a three-way meeting which, in addition to BidenThe heads of the European Council and the Commission, Charles Michel and Ursula Von der Leyen respectively, will be present, according to community sources.

Michel hopes the summit will serve to “rebuild a strong alliance between the EU and the United States and join forces” on issues such as the coronavirus pandemic, the fight against climate change, security and multilateralism, according to the leader in its Twitter social network account.

“We have a lot to do together, from climate change to health, from trade and multilateralism to geopolitical challenges,” said Von der Leyen.