US President Joe Biden has postponed a trip to Germany and Angola scheduled for October 10-15 due to powerful Hurricane Milton approaching the United States. This is stated in a statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, published on the administration’s website.
“Given the projected track and severity of Hurricane Milton, President Biden has postponed his upcoming trip to Germany and Angola to oversee preparations and response to Hurricane Milton, in addition to the ongoing recovery efforts for Hurricane Helen” in the Southeast. of the country”. – said Jean-Pierre quoted by TASS.
He did not indicate new dates for the trip.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden himself said that he still plans to travel to Germany and Angola and that he will discuss this issue with the German Chancellor today. Olaf Scholz.
“As you know, this morning I issued a statement canceling my trip to Germany and Africa. I’ll try to fix this later. But now I simply cannot be out of the country,” he said.
As previously reported, in Germany Biden planned to discuss the situation in Ukraine with his Western colleagues. A meeting of the heads of state of Great Britain, Germany, the United States and France was scheduled for October 12 in Berlin, before the next meeting of the group to coordinate the supply of weapons to Ukraine, also known as the “Ramstein format.” . The four also met to discuss the situation in the Middle East. Then all the leaders planned to go to the Ramstein air base for a meeting about Ukraine.
