U.S. President Joe Biden said he and other NATO leaders showed the world that the military alliance emerged 'more united than ever' this week as he on Thursday capped a European trip meant to demonstrate the force of the international coalition against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. President Joe Biden said he and other NATO leaders showed the world that the military alliance emerged "more united than ever" this week as he on Thursday capped a European trip meant to demonstrate the force of the international coalition against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"I absolutely guarantee it. There's no question," Biden said, answering a question on whether the U.S. will remain a reliable NATO partner. "There's overwhelming support from the American people, there's overwhelming support from members of Congress, both House and Senate."Earlier Thursday, Biden met with the leaders of other Nordic nations including Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
Biden arrived in Helsinki after what he deemed a successful NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where allies agreed to language that would further pave the way for Ukraine to also become a futuremember. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the summit's outcome "a significant security victory" for his country but nonetheless expressed disappointment at not getting an outright invitation to join.
And despite Zelenskyy's expressed frustrations, Biden -- who met with the Ukrainian leader Wednesday in Vilnius -- said Thursday that Zelenskyy "ended up being very happy." Opening the broader meeting, Niinistö said his Nordic counterparts had one overriding objective: "guarantee the future -- security-wise, environmental-wise and technology-wise." Biden added that the "nations around the table not only share common history, but we share common challenges, and I would add presumptuously, common values."
But Charly Salonius-Pasternak, senior researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, noted that Biden's visit marked the first time a sitting U.S. president came to Finland to honor the country itself, rather than as a neutral location for meeting Russian leaders or other similar reasons.
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