President Joe Biden will close out his five-day trip to Europe on Thursday standing alongside Nordic leaders.
President Joe Biden greets U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey as he arrives on Air Force One at Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport in Helsinki, Finland, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Biden attended the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania and is visiting Helsinki for a meeting with Nordic leaders. in an effort to show NATO’s expanding power and influence against a burgeoning Russia.
Biden and other administration officials also held what aides said were pivotal conversations with Ankara shortly before Turkey reversed course and dropped its objections to Sweden joining NATO. In contrast, Biden has heartily embraced the tenets of multilateralism that Trump shunned, speaking repeatedly of having to rebuild international coalitions after four tumultuous years led by his predecessor. The garrulous former Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman is in his element at summits abroad, and speaks of how his background in international policy is proof positive that decades of experience on the world stage has mattered for the presidency.
The talks at the seaside Presidential Palace in the heart of Helsinki will focus on closer cooperation between the Nordic countries and the United States on security, environment and technology issues, Niinistö’s office said. Biden is also scheduled to hold a press conference with Niinistö before departing for Washington.
Finland and neighboring Sweden gave up their traditional political neutrality by joining the European Union in 1995 but both remained militarily non-aligned, with opinion polls showing a clear majority of their citizens opposed to joining NATO. That changed quickly after Feb. 24, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
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