The president of United States, Joe Bidenfollow strengthening its ties with Europe to make a common front against the war launched by Russia on Ukraine and to seek “coordinated responses & rdquor; in the face of this Kremlin aggression. On Sunday, the White House announced that the US president will travel to Poland on Fridaywhere he will hold a meeting with President Andrzej Duda.
The meeting in Warsaw, where the refugee issue promises to be high on the agenda, will come after Biden participates in Brussels on Thursdayat an emergency summit of the NATOa meeting of G7 and a summit European Council. In these meetings, according to the White House, the “transatlantic efforts to impose economic costs to Russia, give humanitarian support those affected by violence and dealing with other challenges related to the conflict”.
five way talk
The alliance and open dialogue with European leaders has been part of Biden’s strategy even before the bombs and missiles began to fall on Ukraine and also before the Russian troops invaded the country. And this Monday, before the trip, Biden has reinforced that image of unity by maintaining a conversation phone call with French President Emmanuel MacronGerman Chancellor Olaf scholz and the prime ministers of Italy, Mario Draghiand UK, Boris Johnson.
In that call, as reported by the White House, the five leaders have shown their “serious concerns about the brutal tactics of Russia in Ukraine, including its attacks on civilians”. They have also underlined their “continued support for Ukraine & rdquor ;, both through security assistance “to the brave Ukrainians who are defending their country from Russian aggression & rdquor; as well as humanitarian assistance to millions of Ukrainians who have fled violence. Likewise, they have “reviewed recent diplomatic efforts to support Ukraine’s attempt to reach a Stop the fire”.
Refugees
The details of the trip to Poland “are still closing & rdquor; and they will be announced this Tuesday, as reported by the White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, who has once again recalled that the president does not plan to visit Ukraine.
We will have additional details of @potus trip to Europe to announce later today. The trip will be focused on continuing to rally the world in support of the Ukrainian people and against President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine,
but there are no plans to travel into Ukraine.— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) March 20, 2022
One of Biden’s objectives in his face-to-face meeting with Duda in Warsaw will be, according to the spokeswoman, “to thank him for the efforts and work that Poland and the Polish leaders have done to welcome refugees and help them settle for now” in the country.
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The refugee issue will be central to the talks and Biden could heed calls to speed up the process of welcoming Ukrainians who have relatives in the US to the United States.
At the moment Psaki has assured that the US Administration is already having “internal negotiationss” to figure out what else Washington can do to help those refugees, and not just step up humanitarian aid. As she has said, the State Department is already working both with the European Union as with the refugee agency of United Nations. “They are assessing whether there are Ukrainians who cannot stay safely in Europe and for whom resettle in the US It is a better option & rdquor ;, he said.