Biden and his fellow leaders want to change the momentum in Ukraine, where Russia continues to make gains in the East.
A rocket attack on a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday was a reminder of Russia’s continuing barbarism. “Russia’s attack on civilians in a shopping mall is fierce. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people,” Biden wrote on Twitter. “As demonstrated at the G7 Summit, the United States, together with our allies and partners, will continue to hold Russia accountable for such atrocities and to support Ukraine’s defense.” Biden arrives at NATO summit after concluding final meetings with G7 leaders in Germany, where the crisis in Ukraine has dominated talks between the leaders. The merger was expected to lead to agreements on sanctions and an effort to limit the price of Russian oil. Biden met on Tuesday morning with German Chancellor Olaf Solz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Bavaria, Germany. The group has played a key role in orchestrating the Western response to the war in Ukraine, although there are differences of opinion as to how and when Russian President Vladimir Putin should be involved in negotiations to end the war.

New announcements for food security

G7 leaders announced funding of up to $ 5 billion for global food security on Tuesday, in the latest effort to address the global effects of the war in Ukraine, more than half of which will come from the United States. As part of Tuesday’s announcement, the Biden government is pledging $ 2.76 billion “to support efforts in more than 47 countries and regional organizations,” including $ 2 billion in immediate humanitarian aid and $ 760 million in short-term and short-term “Medium-term food aid to help improve the resilience and productivity of food systems around the world, especially in vulnerable areas,” a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday. The White House estimates that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent destruction of agricultural equipment and the embargo on grain shipments will push up to 40 million people into poverty in 2022. The Biden government has launched a series of suspension measures to move wheat and prevent a “catastrophic food shortage” in parts of the world. “Obviously Putin’s actions were at the core, and the thing from which you can draw a straight line on all the food security vulnerabilities we see around the world – his actions have strangled food and agricultural production. “using the food as a weapon of war,” the official said. “This is just one part of our efforts and we are committed to doing what we can, both as the United States and as the G7, to work with partners around the world to address this.” The US commitment will come from the second supplementary aid package for Ukraine approved by lawmakers last month, and is expected to be disbursed and delivered by the end of the financial year. According to the official, the leaders also discussed “a number of approaches” to bring Ukrainian grain to market and address global shortages, adding that the issue was “at the top of the list of priorities that leaders have in dealing with the challenge of food security. “ Tuesday’s announcement comes on the last day of the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, Germany, where leaders are also expected to condemn the damage caused by “opaque industrial practices that distort the Chinese market,” in a statement concluding the summit meeting.

The crucial NATO summit kicks off on Tuesday

The President will leave for Madrid in the afternoon. Leaders attending the NATO summit are expected to adopt a new “Strategic Concept” outlining the defense alliance’s goals for the next decade. These priorities include “building resilience to transnational threats, including cyberspace and climate change” and “deepening partnerships with democratic partners in Europe and Asia to strengthen a rule-based international order,” the White House said. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the alliance would increase the number of troops on high alert to 300,000, a sevenfold increase that reflects the fierce war in Ukraine.
Stoltenberg said Russia had withdrawn from any partnership with NATO and the group was obliged to respond. “They chose confrontation over dialogue. We are sorry about that – but of course, then we have to face that reality,” he said. Biden will meet on Tuesday with Spanish President Pedro Sanchez and His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain, according to a White House agenda. Biden and Sanchez are expected to meet bilaterally to discuss co-ordination in support of Ukraine as well as combating the global climate crisis, improving global health security and promoting economic prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean. Africa. The President and First Lady Jill Biden will then attend a dinner Tuesday night for the leaders to attend the NATO Summit, which will be hosted by King Felipe VI and Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain.

Challenges at home and abroad

The summit comes as Russia invades Ukraine in its fifth month and as the United States seeks to keep allies in support of Ukraine and keep up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. But it also comes as leaders face the threat of a global recession and the Biden government faces rising inflation and high prices and interest rates at home. Growing economic concerns have raised questions about whether a united Western response to the conflict in Ukraine can be sustained in the long run as the war continues. The US assessment of the war is increasingly envisioning a long and punitive battle in eastern Ukraine that will result in heavy personnel losses on both sides. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told G7 leaders during a virtual meeting on Monday that he wanted the war in Ukraine to end by the end of 2022, according to a source familiar with the matter. US and European officials are also looking forward to the summit for possible progress in advancing Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids. The two nations formally applied to join the security alliance in May, spurred on by Russia ‘s invasion of Ukraine. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would not support the bids and accused the two countries of hosting members of the separatist militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party, also known as the PKK, which Turkey considers a terrorist organization. On Tuesday, Erdogan told reporters he had spoken with Biden and could meet with the US president in Madrid. Sweden and Finland’s applications for NATO membership will be in the spotlight, Erdogan said. “The PKK will be on our agenda in my bilateral meetings. We will explain our position in Sweden and Finland once again. The PKK should be prevented from operating in these countries,” he said. “They are going to become members of NATO, they have to address Turkey’s security concerns. We do not want dry words, we want results.” US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the G7 summit that the goal before the NATO summit in Madrid was to “create as much positive momentum as possible behind the Finnish and Swedish candidacies” if and warned: “I am not sitting here today proposing that all issues be resolved by Madrid.” The United States is also preparing to announce the purchase of an advanced medium- to long-range surface-to-air missile defense system requested by the President of Ukraine. The announcement could be made as early as this week and comes in addition to the many US military aid packages since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The United States will also reveal other new sanctions, including on Russian defense companies and individuals. The leaders agreed to ban imports of new Russian gold, the country’s second-largest export after energy.