BERLIN: US President Joe Biden said on Friday that there was no agreement for giving Ukraine long-range weapons that President Volodymyr Zelensky has been mentioning Western countries for a really long time to lead further strikes into Russia.
Biden spoke to reporters in Berlin and stated, “Right now, there is no consensus for long-range weapons.” He also urged the West to keep supporting Ukraine in the face of Kyiv’s gloomy winter and concerns about the strength of Washington’s own resolve due to the approaching US presidential election.
Before meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz behind closed doors during a one-day trip to Berlin to discuss topics ranging from Ukraine to the growing Middle East conflict, Biden spoke to the media.
“As Ukraine faces an extreme winter, we should, we should support our purpose,” Biden said in an explanation. ” And while I am aware that the price is high, there is no mistaking that it pales in comparison to the cost of living in a world where aggression is the norm and large states bully and attack smaller states just because they can.
He said he would talk about with Scholz endeavors to increment military help for Ukraine and shore up its regular citizen energy framework “by opening the worth of frozen Russian resources”. They would also talk about the conflict in Gaza.
Biden’s outing comes only 18 days before the US official vote, in which Donald Trump is looking for re-appointment in a nearby race against VP Kamala Harris.
Trump has flagged he would be more hesitant than Biden to keep on supporting Ukraine.
Earlier on Friday, during a ceremony to award Biden Germany’s highest order of merit, Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier referred to the previously strained European-US ties under Trump’s presidency from 2017 to 2021.
Regarding Europe and the United States, he stated, “Just a few years ago, the distance had grown so wide that we almost lost each other.” You literally restored Europe’s faith in the transatlantic alliance the moment you were elected president.
