Transatlantic relations suffered under predecessor Donald Trump, US President Joe Biden is relying on diplomacy at the upcoming meeting with Angela Merkel - and invites you to dinner in the White House.
Washington - US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host a dinner in honor of the outgoing Chancellor when Angela Merkel visits the White House next Thursday.
Merkel's husband Joachim Sauer will also attend the dinner, according to the US President's weekly program.
Before that, a bilateral discussion, an extended meeting and a joint press conference by Merkel and Biden are on the program on Thursday. Merkel is the first head of government from Europe to have been received by Biden in the White House since he took office in January.
Biden wants to repair relations with Germany that were heavily burdened under his predecessor Donald Trump. According to the White House, the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline will also be addressed at the meeting with Merkel. Washington and Berlin are trying to find a compromise on the issue. "We still believe that this is a bad deal that creates global problems," said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki. In addition, it should be about climate change, the fight against the corona pandemic, the relationship with China and Russia and numerous other topics.
Biden's weekly program stated that Merkel's working visit “will reaffirm deep and lasting bilateral relations between the United States and Germany”. For Merkel it should be the last trip to the USA as Chancellor. She will no longer run in the federal election at the end of September. Merkel was last in the White House in April 2018, when Trump was President. dpa