British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday congratulated United States President-elect Joe Biden ahead of his inauguration on Wednesday, saying he was
"looking forward"
to
"working closely"
with him.
“I warmly congratulate Joe Biden on his historic inauguration as the 46th President of the United States,”
Boris Johnson said in a statement.
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“I look forward to working closely with his new administration as we fight the Covid and build back better from the pandemic,”
added the conservative leader.
"In terms of the fight against Covid and climate change, defense, security and the promotion and defense of democracy, our objectives are the same and our nations will work hand in hand to achieve them"
, he added. he continued.
Boris Johnson also said he was
“impatient”
to be able to welcome Donald Trump's successor to the G7 and to the major UN climate conference (COP26) organized this year in the United Kingdom.
The British leader is counting on these two major events in particular to assert himself as a major power on the international scene, after his departure from the European Union.
After the US presidential election in November, the Briton, an ally of Donald Trump, very favorable to his Brexit project, had already said he was
“impatient”
to work with the Democrat on the
“common priorities”
of their two countries, including the fight against climate change.
On Tuesday, the president of the COP26, the British Alok Sharma, considered that the election of Joe Biden was "good news".
Joe Biden has vowed to bring the United States back into the Paris climate agreement as soon as he arrives at the White House.
Donald Trump announced its withdrawal two years after it was signed, in 2015.