President Joe Biden met with Prime Minister Rishi Singh on a flying visit to London on Monday, as he prepared to attend a NATO summit where Ukraine is expected to join the alliance after the end of its war with Russia. Will push to join.
With banks of media watching, the President’s large entourage entered Downing Street to a red carpet welcome, smiles and handshakes.
The pair then spent just over 40 minutes chatting in the garden, sitting on wicker chairs and sipping from specially branded Downing Street mugs.
Irish-American Biden’s position has been seen as a point of tension over Britain’s spat with the EU over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland.
But relations have improved since China and Brussels struck a deal on the movement of goods, protecting a hard-won peace in the province after 30 years of violence under British rule.
Biden told reporters he “couldn’t meet a closer friend and more ally , adding: Our relationship is strong.
