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Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, revealed to The Pavlovic Today that she had discussed the EU-led Serbia-Kosovo dialogue with President Biden during their meeting in the Oval Office. Von der Leyen highlighted the importance of continuing the dialogue despite the ongoing issues.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
On Monday, President Biden will be heading to San Diego, California, to meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the United Kingdom. The trio will be discussing the Australia, United Kingdom, United States Partnership (AUKUS) and the President will also hold bilateral meetings with both Prime Minister Sunak and Prime Minister Albanese.
On Tuesday, the President will visit Monterey Park, California, to discuss his efforts to reduce gun violence. Later that day, he will head to Las Vegas.
On Wednesday, the President will focus on his plan to lower prescription drug costs. In the evening, he will return to the White House from Las Vegas.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has drawn criticism for his recent comments regarding the state’s stance on various issues. DeSantis said that “Florida is where woke goes to die” and asserted that “We were right, and they were wrong” in reference to the Biden administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to DeSantis’ comments, White House spokesperson Karine Jean Pierre accused the governor and his supporters of using “woke” as a catch-all term for any policy or issue they disagree with, and stated that such rhetoric only promotes hate and divisiveness.
Democrats are now joining calls for President Biden to visit East Palestine, and are questioning why he hasn’t done so already. When asked about the plans for the President’s visit, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre stated that she didn’t have a trip to announce at this time.
However, she emphasized that the President has made it a priority to respond to the chemical spill that occurred on February 3rd, and that the federal government acted quickly by sending in the EPA and DOT within hours.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The United States will send Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler and USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Mia Beers to attend the third meeting of the 2023 G7 Food Security Working Group and the second meeting of the Expert’s Working Group on Fertilizers in Tokyo, Japan on March 13-14.
PM Rishi Sunak and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris on Friday to discuss the ongoing issue of small boat crossings from France to the UK. Both leaders agreed to step up their efforts to prevent such crossings, highlighting the importance of a collaborative approach to address migration. The UK pledged to double its funding to France for tackling Channel crossings, committing nearly $500 million over the next three years. The funds will be used to construct a new detention center in France, though it is not expected to be fully operational until late 2026. Additionally, there will be an increase in French personnel and advanced technology to monitor the beaches from which over 45,000 people crossed last year.
When asked by The Pavlovic Today about the potential impact on North Macedonia‘s Euro-Atlantic integration process if the country does not implement a change to its Constitution’s preamble to include ethnic Bulgarians as a constituent group, State Department spokesperson Ned Price stated that this is a matter for North Macedonia and the European Union to address, rather than the United States. Price emphasized that “these decisions are ones that our partners on the other side of the Atlantic are going to have to make.”
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