(Washington) US President Joe Biden will travel to the UN General Assembly next week to deliver a speech on “threats” to international security, the White House said on Tuesday.
The question of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should once again dominate discussions at this annual UN meeting, where a large part of the international community condemned Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine last year. part of Ukrainian territory.
President Biden, who has just returned from a tour of Asia that took him to the G20 summit in India and Vietnam, will deliver his speech on September 19, the first of two days of his presence at the General Assembly of the UN in New York, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement on Tuesday.
Mr. Biden “will discuss with many world leaders cooperation to address threats to international peace and security, emphasizing the importance of global prosperity and respect for fundamental rights,” he said. she added.
The White House, however, did not detail the list of leaders with whom the American president will meet in New York.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the head of a coalition including far-right elected officials and whose country remains a key ally of Washington in the Middle East, will also be present at the General Assembly as part of a tour in the United States.
Israeli officials have so far not reported any meeting next week between Messrs. Biden and Netanyahu at a time when relations between these two countries are straining against the backdrop of a reform of the Israeli judicial system criticized by the American president.
For its part, the White House mentioned in July a meeting between the two leaders in the United States “later this year” without further details.
