The US government announced in June that President Biden will visit the United Kingdom and Belgium to attend the G7 Summit (Group of Seven).
This will be his first visit to a foreign country since he took office, and his policy is to strengthen relations with his jerky European allies under the previous administration.
White House spokesman Saki announced on the 23rd that President Biden will visit the United Kingdom and Belgium in June.
President Biden has not visited foreign countries in consideration of the spread of the new coronavirus, and this is the first time since he took office in January.
Of these, in the United Kingdom, attending the G7 Summit = Summit of the Seven Major Countries to be held in Cornwall in the southwest from June 11 to 13, and collaborating with other countries on measures against the new coronavirus and climate change. It is a policy to confirm.
In addition, individual talks will be held with the leaders of each country, such as Prime Minister Johnson of the United Kingdom.
In Belgium, which will be visited next, in addition to attending the NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting to be held in the capital Brussels on the 14th, a summit meeting with the EU = European Union will also be held.
"It will show that President Biden is working to restore relations with allies and strengthen relations with European countries," Saki said at a press conference about this visit, and Europe was jerky under the former Trump administration. He emphasized the policy of striving to strengthen relations with allies of the United States.