Vilnius International AirportVilnius, Lithuania 8:50 P.M. EEST THE PRESIDENT: You all ready to go to Finland? Q Are you ready? Q How’d it go? THE PRESIDENT: I’m ready. Have you ever seen me not ready? Anyway. Q How did your meeting with Zelenskyy go? Did you talk about long-range missiles? THE PRESIDENT: It went very well, and I think he’d tell…
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Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic
President Biden welcomed Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala to the White House today. President Biden congratulated the Czech Republic, a stalwart Ally, on celebrating 25 years in NATO and on the recent passage of legislation requiring it to spend at least 2 percent of its GDP on defense. The leaders reaffirmed their iron-clad commitment to the NATO Alliance, which makes us all safer. President Biden…
Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Kishida of Japan, and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine in a G7 Joint Declaration of Support for Ukraine | Vilnius, Lithuania
Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress CentreVilnius, Lithuania 4:24 P.M. EEST PRIME MINISTER KISHIDA: (As interpreted.) I am pleased to be able to announce the Joint Declaration on Support for Ukraine today. At the G7 Hiroshima Summit, by engaging in discussions that included a wide range of invited countries, we agreed that unilateral attempts to change the…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 2:06 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon, good afternoon. Okay, I just have one thing at the top, and then I’ll turn it over to our guest. So I want to acknowledge that today marks 100 days since Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russian authorities. …
Readout of the Third United States – Nordic Leaders’ Summit
On 13 July 2023, the Presidents of Finland and the United States and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden met in Helsinki for the third U.S.-Nordic Leaders’ Summit. Building on the previous meetings in the same format, the leaders reconfirmed the strong U.S.-Nordic partnership and the intensifying cooperation between their countries, focusing…
Remarks by President Biden Urging Congress to Pass His National Security Supplemental Request, Including Funding to Support Ukraine
Roosevelt Room 12:43 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. I’d like to speak to you today about an urgent responsibility that Congress has to uphold the national security needs of the United States and, quite frankly, of our partners as well. This cannot wait. Congress needs to pass supplemental funding for Ukraine before they…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route London, United Kingdom
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route London, United Kingdom 3:21 P.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey, hey, hey! Q Hey! MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. So before we — before we start, I wanted to wish Steve Holland a happy birthday. Q Oh! Thank you! Q Woohoo! Q Thank you. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy birthday, my friend. We have…
FACT SHEET: The 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid
The June 29-30, 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain will be an historic moment for the Transatlantic Alliance. Building on the President’s first NATO Summit on June 14, 2021, and extraordinary Summits held on February 25, 2022 and March 24, 2022 in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, this Summit in Madrid will…
Remarks by President Biden and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany Before Bilateral Meeting
Oval Office 3:12 P.M. EST PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, welcome back, Olaf. Thank you very much for making the effort to be here. And, you know, it was about two years ago you and I met here, and you said the United States and Germany have to act together and — and do what’s necessary together.…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Queens, NY
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Queens, New York 1:17 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: All right. Hey, guys. All right. Let’s do this. Okay, good afternoon. A couple of things before we get started. So, I want to take a moment to quickly address the fallout of the Alabama Supreme Court decision. When the Supreme Court…
