Biden talks to Trump about the importance of supporting Ukraine for US national security - White House
Kyiv • UNN
At his meeting with Trump at the White House, Biden emphasized the importance of supporting Ukraine for US security. Sullivan said that the president would continue to defend this position both privately and publicly.
During a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at the White House, US President Joe Biden emphasized that the United States' support for Ukraine on an ongoing basis is in the interests of US national security. This was stated by US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at a briefing on November 13, UNN reports.
"President Biden reinforced his view that the United States standing with Ukraine on an ongoing basis is in our national security interest. And it’s in our national security interest because a strong Europe, a stable Europe, standing up to aggressors and dictators and pushing back against their aggression is vital to ensuring that we don’t end up getting dragged directly into a war, which has happened, obviously, twice in the 20th century on the European continent," Sullivan said.
According to him, Biden "will continue to make these arguments both privately and publicly.