PM meeting with President Biden of the United States: 10 July 2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to Downing Street this morning.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister welcomed the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to Downing Street this morning.
皇冠体育app leaders discussed progress made since they announced the Atlantic Declaration, a first-of-its kind framework for the economic partnership between the UK and the US, last month.
Since the聽Prime Minister and President Biden鈥檚 last meeting in the White House, we have begun work on a聽UK-US Critical Minerals Agreement and the Joint Action Group on Energy Security has met to begin聽work on strengthening our clean energy supply chains.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Biden agreed to hold the first high level meeting between Number聽10 and White House representatives in October to drive progress under the Atlantic Declaration.
皇冠体育app聽Prime Minister also updated on the UK鈥檚 AI Summit which will be held this autumn and welcomed the President鈥檚 strong support for the initiative.
Looking ahead to this week鈥檚 NATO Summit, the Prime Minister and President Biden agreed on the聽need to strengthen our alliance and maintain our support for Ukraine. 皇冠体育appy discussed the progress of the counter-offensive and emphasised the importance of the country鈥檚 international partners聽committing to its long-term defence, providing the support Ukraine needs to win this war and secure聽a just and lasting peace.
On broader NATO issues, they agreed on the need to ensure that Sweden has a swift path to full NATO accession.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Biden also discussed the broader geopolitical context, including in the Indo-Pacific and with regard to Iran.
皇冠体育app leaders agreed on the importance of their friendship and of continuing the close dialogue they have had in the few months.