U.S. President Joe Biden will leave for Europe in a week to firm up ties with key NATO allies, including the U.K., in the wake of the last month’s abortive uprising in Russia.
Biden plans to hold talks with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before heading to Vilnius, Lithuania, for the 74th NATO summit, and ending in Finland with a gathering of Nordic leaders, the White House said in a statement.
The July 9-13 visit comes against a backdrop of rising tensions in Russia after a short-lived rebellion led by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin shook President Vladimir Putin’s authority. Infighting is spreading within Moscow’s security establishment as the Russian president moves on senior players thought to have supported the mutiny.
