United States and European Union they reconfirmed this friday alliance confront middle east wars and Ukraine Second US-EU summitI kept this at the White House on Friday. There, president Joe Biden Receives the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenalready Charles MichelPresident of the European Council.
In the face of two war conflicts, this alliance short general message Although other issues were on the table at the meeting, such as the transition to clean energy or trade, this was the thorny issue for the leaders. US tariffs on steel and aluminum Europe, an unexpected subject no new agreements or announcements.
The visitors, who came and went separately and had two separate meetings with Biden along with Josep Borrell in the case, did not have a joint press conference or a traditional press conference at the gates of the White House. In the case of Michel and Von der Leyen, a walk in the Rose Garden.
“United democracies”
At the beginning of the meeting between the trio, a message of unity was given in front of the cameras in a few words. There Michel assured: “The world today faces enormous challenges, and today, more than ever, the world needs a solution. strong alliance It is necessary to confront them between the EU and the USA.” And Von der Leyen added: “These conflicts show that Democracies must stay together”.
The President of the European Council spoke of the “tragedy in the Middle East” and reiterated the following statements: condemns Hamas With the October 7 attack and the idea that it was “in Israel’s hands” right to self defense“, adding: “This needs to be done respecting international humanitarian law”.
Von der Leyen thanked Biden for his “extraordinary visit to Israel” and said, “Israel’s The right to self-defense in accordance with international law”. Recalling his visit to the country, Erdogan described Hamas’ actions as “barbarism” and stated that “its impact on Israeli society cannot be emphasized enough.” After the disturbance and controversy he caused during his trip to Israel, his only reference was Palestinians was to say: “at the same time Suffered from Hamas terrorist acts”. And he defined it like this: “Increasing humanitarian aid is vital He said that both the US and the EU had taken this step towards civilians in Gaza “to a significant extent”.
Von der Leyen showed “Special concern” about Iran Considering the possibility of the conflict spreading to the region, the following incident is particularly pointed out: Missiles and drones from Yemen It was stopped by the USA.
“Events in the Middle East cannot deter us from our goals” Solid support for Ukraine“, remembering this, the German declared The European Union has already provided almost $90 billion in aid to KievAmong financial support, military equipment, humanitarian aid and support for four million refugees. “Putin will fail. This destroy Russiahe assured.