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US-UK relations: Joe Biden, Rishi Sunak agree on these issues over phone call

 


US President Joe Biden and new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed a special relationship between the two countries in a phone call on Tuesday.

The White House said that US President Joe Biden and Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed on various issues during talks on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden and new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed a special relationship between the two countries in a phone call on Tuesday. The White House quoted Reuters as saying that they agreed on various important issues during the talks.

In an official statement, the White House informed Biden and Sunak of the importance of supporting Ukraine, working together to address the challenges posed by China, securing sustainable energy resources and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. agreed to its commitment to

Rishi Sunak formally took over as Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday. The 42-year-old former Chancellor of the Exchequer, a devout Hindu, is the youngest British prime minister in 210 years. He is also the first Hindu Prime Minister of Britain.

As Bloomberg reports, shortly after becoming prime minister of the UK, Sunak spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and reiterated British support for war-torn Ukraine.

Sunak said on Twitter that he had spoken with Zelensky and that "both he and the people of Ukraine can count on the UK's continued solidarity and support."

In his own Twitter post, Zelensky described the encounter as "an excellent conversation" and the two leaders agreed to "write a new chapter" in relations between their countries. He added that "the story is the same - full support in the face of the Russian offensive."

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has warned Russia against using nuclear or radioactive weapons in Ukraine and said he is discussing the possibility on Tuesday.

"I spent a lot of time talking about this today. All I have to say is, Russia must have been making an incredibly serious mistake, was it to use a tactical nuclear weapon," Biden said on a COVID-19 booster. told reporters after receiving the shot, his fifth dose of the vaccine.

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