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President Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday morning, where he plans to outline his “vision for American foreign policy and principled leadership in the world,” while offering a “strongly condemns” Russia’s war against Ukraine and calls on the world to continue to oppose its aggression.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the president arrived in New York “with the wind at his back.”
“We are making historic investments here at home. Our alliances are as strong or stronger than they have been in modern memory. Our strong united support for Ukraine has helped Ukrainians push back against Russian aggression,” he said. Sullivan on Tuesday while previewing the president. address to journalists.
“And we are leading the world in responding to the most important transnational challenges facing the world, from global health to global food security and global supply chains to address the climate crisis.
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President Biden speaks about the COVID-19 vaccination program during an event in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus July 6, 2021, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“Meanwhile, our competitors are facing increasingly strong headwinds and neither President Xi nor President Putin is even showing up at this global meeting,” Sullivan added.
During his speech, Biden is expected to stress the importance of strengthening the United Nations, continuing to invest in and address global food insecurity, and to outline how the United States has “restored its global leadership and integrity” on the world stage.
Sullivan said Biden will stress the importance of continuing to oppose Russian efforts and “standing firmly with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.”
“Among other things, he will offer a strong rebuke of Russia’s unjust war in Ukraine and call on the world to continue to oppose the bare-bones aggression we’ve seen in recent months,” Sullivan said.
In this photo provided by the Presidential Press Office of Ukraine on July 8, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting with military officials during his visit to the war-torn Dnipropetrovsk region.
(Ukraine Presidential Press Office via AP, file)
When asked if Biden would discuss taking steps to remove Russia as a member of the UN Security Council, Sullivan said it’s “not something” Biden will bring up during his speech, but stressed that “the world can see that when a permanent member acts in this one way, it strikes at the heart of the UN Security Council.”
“And that should lead everyone collectively to pressure Moscow to change course,” Sullivan said.
Regarding China and Taiwan, Sullivan maintained that the Biden administration continues to “command behind the One China policy,” and also continues to “oppose unilateral changes to the status quo” and advocate ” peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
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“The president has reiterated these core commitments every time he has spoken about Taiwan,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said Biden will address his support for “democracy and his belief that democracy, not autocracy, is the model that best serves both its own citizens and transnational challenges.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
(Alexander Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
“This will continue to be a hallmark of President Biden’s foreign policy and a hallmark of any major address he makes around it,” Sullivan said, adding that for every country in the world, whether a democracy or an autocracy, “they” We have all subscribed to the principles of the UN Charter.”
Last year, during his first UNGA address, Biden said the world was “at a turning point in history” and called it a “decisive decade” in which the United States they intended to “lead in all the great challenges of our time”. ”
Biden addressed a number of shared global challenges, as he plans to do on Wednesday, including the COVID-19 pandemic, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, emerging technologies and climate change.
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Since his first speech, Russia has waged a months-long war against Ukraine, and China has become increasingly aggressive in the Indo-Pacific.
On nuclear proliferation, the Biden administration has begun negotiations to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, known as the Iran nuclear deal. The Iran nuclear deal contains no provisions to stop Tehran’s sponsorship of terrorism around the world.
Former President Hassan Rouhani, second right, listens to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, as he visits an exhibition of Iran’s new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran, on April 2021.
(Office of the Iranian Presidency/AP)
Former President Trump’s administration withdrew from the deal in 2018.
During his speech, Biden will communicate that the United States is ready for “mutual compliance” and a return to the JCPOA.
“If Iran is willing to get serious about meeting its obligations and accept this formula, we could reach a deal,” Sullivan said, adding that the Biden administration will have “opportunities” to consult with allies Europeans in New York during the UNGA.
“Iran, of course, will have its own engagements, not with any American delegation, but with other delegations, including European ones,” Sullivan said. “We’ll see if anything comes of it.”
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Sullivan added: “I don’t expect a breakthrough in New York because it’s not the main place to advance the jackpot.”
Iran is not invited to the UNGA leaders’ reception, Sullivan confirmed.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” last week that he believes there is little difference between Biden and Trump’s nuclear stance.
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“The new US administration, they claim they are different from the Trump administration,” Raisi said. “They have said so in their messages, but we have not witnessed any change in reality.”
