According to a White House spokesman, Joe Biden will meet with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London before traveling to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius for meetings with NATO leaders on the 11th and 12th.
It will be the first time a US president has met in England since the coronation of King Charles III last May.
In Helsinki, on July 13, President Biden will participate in a summit between North American and Nordic leaders (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark), Karine Jean-Pierre said.
Finland became the 31st full member of NATO in April this year, having completed the accession process requested following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, indicating that the country is under Article 5 of the Collective Security Treaty Organization.
Finland and Sweden applied for NATO membership in May 2022, although Sweden’s membership application was blocked by Turkey and Hungary, so it was able to complete the ratification process in April this year.
Turkey accuses the EU and the US of being too loose with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
For its part, Hungary has been more opaque about the specific reasons for blocking Sweden’s entry, but has already disagreed with Stockholm’s criticism of the erosion of the rule of law caused by the Hungarian prime minister’s government. , the ultranationalist Victor Orban.
Biden plans to meet with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristerson at the White House next Wednesday to discuss the process.
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