Chris Mason: Biden to meet Sunak and King during UK visit

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Joe Biden disembarks Air Force OneImage source, Reuters

By Chris Mason

Political editor, BBC News

The discourse of this statesmanlike sojourn tin beryllium summarised successful 2 numbers.

President Biden was past successful the UK 3 months ago.

And this sojourn is the 5th clip successful 5 months Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Biden person met.

And you lone request 1 connection to picture this trip.

Short, conscionable similar the past one.

President Biden was successful Belfast successful April en way to the Republic of Ireland for a longer trip.

This time, helium is en way to the acme of the defence confederation Nato, which is taking spot successful Vilnius successful Lithuania connected Tuesday and Wednesday.

It is not a State visit, but a splash of the razzmatazz associated with 1 volition beryllium laid on.

Air Force One arrived astatine Stansted Airport successful Essex connected Sunday night.

The president's time successful the UK is expected to statesman successful Downing Street for talks with Rishi Sunak.

As you tin work here, the contiguous diplomatic backdrop, up of the Nato summit, is the nationalist disagreement wrong the confederation implicit the US's determination to springiness Ukraine what are known arsenic clump bombs.

They are besides expected to speech astir the alleged Atlantic Declaration — the statement good abbreviated of a commercialized woody announced successful Washington past period - that aims to smoothen trade, to a grade astatine least, betwixt the US and UK.

Another absorption of this sojourn volition beryllium the situation and clime change.

Energy Secretary Grant Shapps and the President's Climate Envoy John Kerry volition pb talks of the not precise catchily titled US/UK Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum.

It's astir trying to assistance poorer countries tackle clime change.

Members of the forum volition little the King and the President astatine Windsor Castle astatine lunchtime.

While President Biden was astatine the Queen's funeral, helium wasn't astatine the King's Coronation.

He sent his wife, the First Lady Jill Biden successful his place.

So it is the archetypal clip the 2 volition person met since the Coronation.

Prior to their ceremonial gathering determination volition beryllium a spot of pageantry.

There volition beryllium a marching set and determination volition beryllium a Guard of Honour, provided by the Welsh Guards.

Like the sojourn to Downing Street, this constituent of the travel volition besides beryllium brief.

It's expected the president volition beryllium astatine Windsor Castle for an hr oregon two, earlier helium heads disconnected to Lithuania.

The premier curate heads determination connected Tuesday morning.

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