The climate crisis is an issue both Biden and Charles, an environmental campaigner for more than five decades, say poses an existential threat.
US President Joe Biden made a whistle-stop trip to Britain on Monday, hailing the “rock-solid” friendship with Washington’s close ally before meeting King Charles for a discussion with the monarch and finance chiefs on tackling climate change.
Biden’s visit to Britain kicked off a three-nation trip that will include the NATO summit in Lithuania, at which allies aim to show solidarity with Ukraine against Russia’s invasion while not yet accepting Kyiv as an alliance member.
The president’s meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, their fifth in as many months, lasted less than an hour, with the focus on Ukraine.
“We’ve got a lot to talk about,” said Biden as they sat in the garden of Sunak’s Downing Street office. “Our relationship is rock-solid. Couldn’t be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally.”Biden and Sunak address Ukraine’s NATO bid and Cluster Munitions
Sunak and Biden shared notes before the NATO summit which kicks off on Tuesday.
