US, European Countries to Set Paradigm of Transparent Relationships
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The recently elected United
States President, Joe Biden, spoke to fellow heads of government and state of
four European countries. Biden discussed his interest in reinvigorating
bilateral and transatlantic ties, including through the NATO and the EU with his
fellows.
He
also discussed were COVID-19 and sustainable economic recovery, Iran’s
nuclear program, climate change, and human rights. Biden had said earlier that
as President he would offer Iran a credible path back to diplomacy. He added
that he would re-join the Paris accord. Biden also discussed the conflicts in
Ukraine and Syria with Mr. Macron, as per the press release. The
President-elect also spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and “praised
her leadership” as per the readout of the call. The discussions between Biden
and Merkel include COVID-19, climate crisis, the sustainable global economic
recovery.
Trump’s
relationship with Merkel was tense — the two were at loggerheads over tariffs,
the NATO and their different approaches to immigration. Biden also spoke with
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with
whom Trump has a warm relationship. Biden reaffirmed his commitment to the Good
Friday Agreement (the Northern Ireland peace agreement) with both leaders.
This had been a point of discussion when British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visited the U.S. in September this year. Bidden said, “We can’t allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a casualty of Brexit”. Any trade deal between the U.S. and U.K. must be contingent upon respect for the Agreement and preventing the return of a hard border.
