Biden set to make first public outing on world stage as president

In virtual G7 summit and Munich Security Council, Biden is to announce aid for global COVID fight, rebuke ‘America First’.

President Joe Biden will make his first major public foray onto the global stage as president on Friday, attending a G-7 summit and addressing the Munich Security Council. Biden is expected to discuss the global response to COVID-19, stress coordination in responding to Russia and China, and the Iran nuclear deal during the two events. Biden is also expected to speak about the two-decade war in Afghanistan, where he faces a May 1 deadline to remove the remaining 2,500 US troops under a negotiated agreement with the Taliban by his predecessor Donald Trump’s administration. Transnational challenges ranging from nuclear proliferation to climate change and cybersecurity will also be on the agenda.