President Biden has scheduled meetings with leaders of the countries of Israel, Brazil, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Biden is the first president to meet with the leaders of the 5 of the Central Asian countries. Biden plans to discuss regional security issues with the leaders, as well as trade, climate, and issues of government, said Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser. It’s part of a busy agenda at the U.N, where Biden will emphasize U.S. leadership around the world in his annual address. “We’ve put a lot of points on the board,” Sullivan said. On Wednesday, September 20th, Biden plans to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York. While the two leaders have met many times during their long political careers, this new meeting is nonetheless still of significant importance
Biden plans another meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Sullivan said they will be joined by labor leaders. Then on Thursday, Biden will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House — a meeting that comes as the White House asks Congress for $24 billion more in funding to help Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy will meet with congressional leaders from both parties during his visit to make the case for more funding. “We believe that whatever other to-ing and fro-ing there is in the legislative context, that at the end of the day, the United States will be able to continue to deliver for Ukraine,” Sullivan said.
Biden is scheduled Tuesday to address the annual gathering of the world body and meet with the leaders of the Central Asian nations: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The leaders are expected to discuss efforts to safeguard democracy, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, insecurity in Haiti, migration, and climate change, including efforts to stem deforestation of the Amazon, according to a senior Biden administration official who briefed reporters about the meeting on the condition of anonymity.
