Biden to travel to UK, Belgium on first foreign trip as president

The US president will attend the G7 summit and the NATO summit in June and is also expected to hold bilateral meetings with world leaders.

United States President Joe Biden will travel to the United Kingdom and Belgium in June for his first overseas trip since taking office, the White House said on Friday. The trip aims to highlight the US president’s “commitment to restoring our alliances, to revitalising the transatlantic relationship, and working in close cooperation with our allies,” White House Press secretary Jen Psaki said. Biden will attend the June 11-13 Group of Seven (G7) summit in Cornwall, the UK, where he will hold bilateral meetings with G7 leaders including UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the White House said.