President Biden pledged on Saturday to strengthen the United States’ relations with the United Kingdom and its other NATO allies in a call with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
According to a reading of the call that the White House shared during the first call with Johnson since Biden’s inauguration, the president “conveyed its intention to strengthen the special relationship between our countries and to revive the transatlantic ties, emphasizing the critical role of NATO for our collective defense and shared values. ”
The White House added that Biden had indicated his desire to work closely with Johnson, as the UK is hosting the G-7 and the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26).
The phone call also includes discussions on the “need for coordination on shared foreign policy priorities, including China, Iran and Russia.”
Johnson was the first to announce the call on Saturday, tweet a photo of him telephonically with the president and added that he looks “To deepen the long-standing alliance between our two countries while achieving a green and sustainable recovery of COVID-19.”
Great to talk to president @JoeBiden tonight. I look forward to deepening the long-standing alliance between our two countries while achieving a green and sustainable recovery of COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Y4P3G74PPz
– Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) 23 January 2021
Former President Trump
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Biden’s call with Johnson follows Saturday his conversation Friday with fellow NATO leader, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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In the telephone conversation, which Biden was with a foreign leader for the first time since taking office, the two agreed to meet next month while Washington and Ottawa want to seek a recovery in their relations after four years of tension.
Canada was historically the first foreign trip for any new US president.
On his first day in office, Biden testified that he wanted to return to multilateralism, including through an executive action that commits the United States to rejoins the Paris climate agreement, which Trump withdrew the US from criticism that it hurt American workers.
Biden described the renewed commitment as an installment on its climate plan, suggesting that by 2050 the country should be on a path to net release.
Biden’s call to Johnson comes as both countries face increasing COVID-19 infections, exacerbated by the new strain first found in the UK
Johnson announced Friday that there is evidence that the coronavirus is spreading faster in the UK and has higher mortality rates, although Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, and the best expert in infectious diseases Anthony Fauci
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