UNITED KINGDOM.- The President of the United States, Joe Biden, you will receive the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, next July 15 at the White HouseUS Government spokeswoman Jen Psaki reported on Friday.
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In a statement published before the start of the summit of G7, in Carbis Bay (Cornwall, south-west UK), Psaki noted that, during the meeting In Washington, both leaders will discuss their commitments to cooperate in the face of a series of common challenges, taking as a basis “the democratic values shared by both countries.”
Among those challenges, he cited the covid-19 pandemic, the fight against the climate crisis, and the promotion of economic prosperity and international security.
The spokesman stressed that Merkel’s visit will also reaffirm “the deep bilateral ties between the United States and Germany.”
This Friday, and over three days, Biden and Merkel will meet at the summit of the G7 in Carbis Bay, along with the rest of the leaders of the world’s most industrialized democracies (the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy and France, as well as the European Union).
Merkel will be the first European ruler that Biden receives in the White House since his arrival to the US Presidency on January 20.
Before Merkel, Biden met at the US presidential mansion with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in April and with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in in May.
Biden’s predecessor in the White House Donald Trump (2017-2021) maintained a cold relationship with Merkel, marked by personal tension between the two during the four years he was in power.
Since his arrival to the Presidency, the Democratic president has been committed to multilateralism and collaboration with the traditional allies of the United States after the ups and downs of Trump.
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