In their first phone discussion after Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister this year, US President Joe Biden and Rishi Sunak, the country’s new leader, vowed to cooperate to assist Ukraine and confront China, the White House said in a statement.
According to the White House’s read-out of the call on Tuesday, the two leaders reiterated the “special connection” that exists between their nations and pledged to cooperate to enhance world security and prosperity.
According to the statement, “the leaders recognized the value of working together to assist Ukraine and hold Russia responsible for its aggression.”
In addition, Biden and Sunak concurred on the need to “face the challenges posed by China,” which Washington regards as its principal geopolitical and economic foe globally.
The two “addressed the scope of UK-US collaboration, both bilaterally and in regions like the Indo-Pacific,” as well as the more difficult matter of Northern Ireland,” according to Downing Street’s official read-out of the discussion.
In a tweet earlier on Tuesday, Biden congratulated Sunak. He called the election of Britain’s first non-white prime minister “quite remarkable, a historic milestone” on Monday.