Joe Biden is heading to Europe. A king and a war are on his agenda

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US President Joe Biden with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the US in March. 13, Biden will meet Sunak next week as he travels through Europe. Photo: AP

Associated Press

Published: 2:13am, 9 Jul 2023Updated: 7:25am, 9 Jul 2023

US President Joe Biden leaves on Sunday for Europe, where he will spend time in three nations tending to alliances that have been tested by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

After arriving at night in London, Biden will meet King Charles the next day, the first time since Charles was crowned. Next is the centrepiece of the trip, the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Alliance leaders will debate the war and revise plans for dealing with Russian aggression.

The final stop is in Helsinki, where Biden on Thursday is expected to celebrate the expanding alliance, with Finland as the newest member of Nato.

Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said the trip would “showcase the president’s leadership on the world stage.”

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Biden arrives in London on Sunday night and is expected to have a full schedule of meetings on Monday.

“There’s always a lot to talk about with the UK,” said Max Bergmann, a former State Department official who leads the Europe Programme at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.