By Reena BhardwajWashington [US], May 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has cancelled his deliberate journey to Australia and Papua New Guinea. However, Biden will attend the Group of Seven (G7) Summit scheduled to happen in Hiroshima, Japan this week.
“President Biden will return to the United States on Sunday, following the completion of the G7 summit, in order to be back for meetings with Congressional leaders to ensure that Congress takes action by the deadline to avert default. The President spoke to Prime Minister Albanese earlier today to inform him that he will be postponing his trip to Australia. He also invited the Prime Minister for an official state visit at a time to be agreed by the teams. The President’s team engaged with the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea’s team to inform them as well,” an announcement by White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, learn.
“We look forward to finding other ways to engage with Australia, the Quad, Papua New Guinea and the leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum in the coming year,” the assertion added.
Earlier, the White House indicated the cancellation of Biden’s journey which was reported in US media.
John Kirby, the White House nationwide safety spokesperson, mentioned that Biden would depart for Japan on Wednesday as scheduled, however a subsequent cease in Australia is being re-evaluated.
“We’re working through, thinking through, the rest of the trip right now,” Kirby mentioned, as he famous Biden would meet India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australia’s Anthony Albanese on the G7 anyway in Hiroshima, Japan.
“We’re re-evaluating the rest of the trip right now. We will make proper notifications if there are changes made to the rest of the trip. Given where we are right now, it’s also incredibly prudent and responsible for the President to take a look at the rest of the trip and evaluate whether it makes sense going forward,” mentioned Kirby.
“We’ll see where it goes…We are going to reevaluate the rest of the week after the G7, and we’ll see where it goes. If the trip gets truncated or changed or modified in any way, it should be nothing more than a statement of the President putting his priorities where he believes they need to be,” mentioned Kirby.
Kirby burdened that Biden can be assembly with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima. He may even interact with the prime ministers of India — Narendra Modi — and Australia — Anthony Albanese — whereas he’s on the financial gathering, Kirby mentioned.
“We’re reevaluating the rest of the trip right now,” Kirby added.
Biden was to attend a three-day summit of G7 leaders beginning on Friday. Afterwards, he was to make a short, historic cease in Papua New Guinea, then journey to Australia for a gathering of Japan, Australia, India, and the US grouping often called the Quad international locations.
He was additionally scheduled to attend a summit in Sydney alongside the leaders of India, Japan and Australia, collectively often called the Quad.
The improvement comes amid the United States authorities’s debt ceiling disaster which has not been resolved but.
Republican and Democratic lawmakers have failed to succeed in an settlement to elevate the USD 31.4 trillion debt ceiling, as negotiations proceed.
Treasury has cautioned the federal government may default as quickly June 1, an end result that might have dire penalties for the financial system, if no deal is made.
The negotiations on elevating the nation’s borrowing restrict in an effort to avert a historic default is but to be resolved.
The results of an American default would reverberate all through an already unsteady international financial system.
The White House had made clear that defaulting on US obligations would have damaging results that stretch effectively past financial issues.
“That would certainly, from a national security perspective, have a detrimental effect,” mentioned Kirby earlier on a possible US default.
“Certainly in terms of our reputation and standing around the world, it sends a horrible message to nations like Russia and China who would love nothing more than to be able to point at this and say: ‘See? The United States is not a reliable partner, the United States is not a stable leader of peace and security around the world,'” he added. (ANI)