At the 2023 G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, G7 leaders affirmed their commitment to identify new opportunities to scale the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII), President Biden and the G7’s flagship infrastructure initiative which has attracted major investors to better respond to the global demand for high quality infrastructure financing, in low- and…
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Leverages Historic U.S. Climate Leadership at Home and Abroad to Urge Countries to Accelerate Global Climate Action at U.N. Climate Conference (COP28)
Since day one, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have treated climate change as the existential threat of our time. After spearheading the most significant climate action in history at home and leading efforts to tackle the climate crisis abroad, the United States heads into the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference…
Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton En Route Goldsboro, NC
Aboard Air Force OneEn Route Goldsboro, North Carolina 11:09 A.M. EDT MS. DALTON: Well, good morning, everyone. Today, the President and First Lady are visiting North Carolina and making two stops. First, they will visit Nash Community College in Rocky Mount to see how career-connected learning and workforce training programs are preparing students for good-paying…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer Ahead of the G20 Summit
Via TeleconferenceInternational Exhibition-cum-Convention CentreNew Delhi, India 8:09 A.M. IST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Good morning. And this is Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary. And I have with me today Jon Finer, our Principal Deputy — Principal Deputy National Security Advisor — MR. FINER: That’s a lot of words. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: (Laughs.) A lot of…
Remarks by President Biden on Climate Resilience | Palo Alto, CA
Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive CenterPalo Alto, California 1:15 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you, Chiena, for that introduction. Governor Newsom, I tell you what: It’s nice to be here, as you said, working on something that’s a positive thing going forward, and not fixing something that happened very — very badly. We’ve spent…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:24 P.M. EST MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We are very thrilled to have our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, with us today, who is going to give a preview of the African Leaders Summit that is happening later this week. With that, Jake, this podium…
Joint Statement from the Leaders of the United States and the Republic of Indonesia: Elevating Relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. is honored to welcome Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Washington, D.C. The two leaders mark a historic new phase of bilateral cooperation and friendship between the world’s second- and third-largest democracies. On the cusp of celebrating 75 years of diplomatic relations and recognizing the two nations’ shared values of democracy…
JOINT LEADERS’ STATEMENT: ELEVATING UNITED STATES-VIETNAM RELATIONS TO A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
On September 10, 2023, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong and President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr. (the “Leaders”) met and held talks in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two Leaders hailed a historic new phase of bilateral cooperation and friendship by elevating their nations’ relationship to…
Remarks by President Biden Before the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly | New York, NY
United Nations HeadquartersNew York, New York 10:17 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, and my fellow leaders, about a week ago I stood on the other side of the world in Vietnam on soil once bloody with war. And I met a small group of veterans, Americans and Vietnamese, who wit- — and…
Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Meeting on Climate at the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit
State DepartmentWashington, D.C. 1:33 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome, again, to the ASEAN leaders. We just had a very robust and productive conversation this morning covering very important issues that are part of our collective goals of working together, and so I thank you for that. And this afternoon, we are…