President Biden on Saturday during a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reinforced the relationship of the United States with the United Kingdom and its other NATO allies.
According to a reading of the call shared by the White House, during the first call with Johnson since Biden’s inauguration, the president “conveyed his resolve to strengthen the special relationship between our countries and revitalize transatlantic ties, underlining NATO’s vital role in our collective defense and shared values. ”
The White House added that Biden has indicated that he wants to work closely with Johnson as the UK is hosting the G-7 and the United Nations climate conference (COP26) this year.
The phone call also included discussions about the “need for coordination of shared foreign policy priorities, including China, Iran and Russia.”
Johnson was the first to announce the call on Saturday, tweet a photo of him on the phone with the president and adding that he is watching “Moving forward to deepening the long-lasting alliance between our two countries while driving a green and sustainable recovery of COVID-19.”
Great to talk to the president @JoeBiden This evening. I look forward to deepening the long-term alliance between our two countries as we drive a green and sustainable recovery of COVID-19. pic.twitter.com/Y4P3G74PPz
– Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) January 23, 2021
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Biden’s call with Johnson will follow on Saturday his talk Friday with fellow NATO leader, the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
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In the phone call, which was Biden’s first with a foreign leader since taking office, the two agreed to meet next month while Washington and Ottawa seek a reset in relationships after four years of tension.
Canada is historically the first overseas trip for a new US president.
On his first working day, Biden expressed a desire to return to multilateralism, including through an executive action committing the US to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, which Trump had withdrawn from the US after criticizing it would harm American workers.
Biden has described the renewed pledge as a down payment to his climate plan, calling for the country to move towards zero net emissions by 2050.
Biden’s call with Johnson comes as both countries are fighting the increasing number of COVID-19 infections, exacerbated by the new species first found in the UK
Johnson announced Friday that there is evidence to suggest that the UK strain of the coronavirus is spreading faster and has higher death rates, although Director of the National Institutes of Health Francis Collins and top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci
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