On the night of Wednesday US President Joe Biden arrived in Italy to attend the G7 Summit, which in addition to the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom is also being attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a special invitee.
On Thursday, Joe Biden plans to hold a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during which the two leaders will sign a bilateral security agreement for Ukraine.
‘It will be making clear our support will last long into the future’, his National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan said aboard Air Force One on their way to Italy.
The war in Ukraine and the Middle East are expected to dominate the G-7 Summit in addition to some of the new challenges like Artificial Intelligence, climate change and supply chain.
Sullivan said Biden and Zelenskyy will sit down to discuss America’s support for Ukraine now and in the future. After the meeting, the leaders will sign a bilateral security agreement mentioning that the US support for Ukraine will last long and promised continued cooperation, specifically in the areas of defence and security, he added.
The NSA said, ‘Our goal here is straightforward. We want to demonstrate that the US supports the people of Ukraine, we stand with them, and that we will continue to help address their security needs not just tomorrow but out into the future’.
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