G-7, NATO, US-EU meetings part of Joe Biden's maiden official overseas trip

US President Joe Biden will leave for the United Kingdom on Wednesday and then visit Brussels and Geneva as part of the trip that ends next week.

US President Joe Biden is scheduled to leave on his maiden official overseas trip during which he will hold discussions with top global leaders, including at the G-7 summit in the UK and the NATO meetings, on issues such as the impact of Covid-19, security challenges and drawdown of forces from Afghanistan, a top official said. Biden will leave for the UK on Wednesday and then visit Brussels and Geneva as part of the trip that ends next week. The visits, at its core, will advance the fundamental thrust of Joe Biden's foreign policy to rally the world's democracies, to tackle the great challenges of the time, US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House on Monday.