US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron introduced a united entrance on Ukraine on Thursday on the White House, and Biden mentioned he would discuss to Russian President Vladimir Putin if he’s keen to finish the invasion.
Washington,UPDATED: Dec 2, 2022 05:02 IST
French President Emmanuel Macron waves as he holds US President Joe Biden’s hand onstage on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on December 1. (Photo: Reuters)
By Reuters:
U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron introduced a united entrance on Ukraine on Thursday on the White House, and Biden mentioned he would discuss to Russian President Vladimir Putin if he’s keen to finish the invasion.
Biden has resisted speaking to Putin for the reason that Russian chief launched the invasion in February, whereas Macron has saved strains of communication with Putin open.
“Let me choose my words very carefully,” Biden advised a information convention with Macron. “I’m prepared to speak with Mr. Putin if in fact there is an interest in him deciding he’s looking for a way to end the war. He hasn’t done that yet.”
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But Biden mentioned he would solely do that in session together with his NATO allies and would do nothing that may hurt Ukrainian pursuits. “I’m not going to do it on my own,” he mentioned.
Macron, for his half, mentioned he would proceed to speak to Putin to “try to prevent escalation and to get some very concrete results” comparable to the protection of nuclear crops.
Biden is enjoying host to Macron for the primary state go to for the reason that U.S. president took energy in early 2021. Besides pledging assist for Ukraine, the 2 leaders sought methods to ease some financial tensions in Oval Office talks.
Biden pledged to Macron to make adjustments to U.S. laws handed by the U.S. Congress this 12 months that European nations concern will hurt their economies. Bills aimed toward boosting U.S. renewable vitality and the semiconductor trade have “glitches” that may be addressed, Biden mentioned.
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Macron elevating French and European considerations about Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a brand new $430 billion invoice that provides large subsidies for U.S.-made merchandise and is aimed toward addressing the local weather disaster and selling renewable vitality.
“France did not come here to ask for some kind of exception for its economy. We came to share how the consequences of this regulation impact us,” he mentioned.
European leaders say the legislative package deal signed by Biden in August is unfair to non-American corporations and could be a severe blow to their economies as Europe offers with the fallout from Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine.
“There are tweaks that we can make that can fundamentally make it easier for European countries to participate and or be on their own,” mentioned Biden, including he and Macron had had an extended dialogue concerning the matter.
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Macron mentioned it was essential for the United States and its European allies to “re-synchronize” their approaches.
In a joint assertion issued after their Oval Office talks, the 2 leaders mentioned they had been dedicated to holding Russia to account “for widely documented atrocities and war crimes, committed both by its regular armed forces and by its proxies” in Ukraine.
They additionally vowed to coordinate on their considerations relating to “China’s challenge to the rules-based international order, including respect for human rights and to work together with China on important global issues like climate change.”
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NATO ministers met in Bucharest on Thursday and pledged extra support to Ukraine to assist in opposition to Russia’s assaults on vitality infrastructure as winter bites.
The alliance, of which the United States and France are founding members, was additionally discussing the right way to deal with challenges posed by China’s army buildup and its cooperation with Russia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned. Macron has mentioned up to now that China shouldn’t catch the attention of NATO.
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Raajnandini Mukherjee
Published On:
Dec 2, 2022
