UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed US President Joe Biden to Downing Street Monday morning.
“The two 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” Prime Ministry statement said today.
The statement added, “Since the Prime Minister and President Biden’s last meeting in the White House, we have begun work on a UK-US Critical Minerals Agreement and the Joint Action Group on Energy Security has met to begin work on strengthening our clean energy supply chains.” The Prime Minister and the President agreed to hold the first high-level meeting between Number 10 and White House representatives in October to drive progress under the Atlantic Declaration.
“The Prime Minister also updated on the UK’s AI Summit, which will be held this autumn and welcomed the President’s strong support for the initiative,” the statement added.
Looking ahead to this week’s NATO Summit, the Premier Sunak and President Biden agreed on the need to strengthen their alliance and maintain the two sides support for Ukraine.
They two sides discussed the progress of the counter-offensive and emphasized the importance of the country’s international partners committing to its long-term defense, providing the support Ukraine needs to win this war and secure a just and lasting peace.
“On broader note, the two officials discussed NATO issues as they agreed on the need to ensure that Sweden has a swift path to full NATO accession,” The statement concluded.
Source: Kuwait News Agency