Joe Biden on European visit to discuss new sanctions for Russia and humanitarian crisis
US President Joe Biden, who is on a European visit will meet and discuss with his European counterparts in Brussels and Warsaw on various issues such as imposing new sanctions on Russia and dealing with an extraordinary humanitarian crisis. US National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan, said that Biden would coordinate with allies on military assistance for Ukraine and new sanctions on Russia during meetings with NATO officials, Group of Seven leaders, and European Union allies today.
At NATO, Biden and fellow leaders will set out a longer-term game plan for what forces and capabilities are going to be required for the alliance’s eastern flank countries, Sullivan said. Leaders of several Eastern European NATO members have pressed for a greater U.S. and NATO presence in their backyards in the aftermath of the Ukraine invasion. The meetings with European leaders will also discuss the humanitarian challenges which are growing as millions of refugees have fled the fighting, mostly by crossing the border into Poland.
The leaders will also discuss the possibility of rising hunger in impoverished areas around the globe due to the risk of harvest of wheat and barley in Ukraine. Biden arrived in Brussels yesterday on a four-day trip. He will travel to Warsaw tomorrow to meet Polish officials to discuss the enormous humanitarian strain caused by the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Biden is scheduled to meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda on
