The US president called on world leaders to not let support for Ukraine diminish, arguing that Russia is counting on countries to grow tired of prolonged conflict in Kyiv which will “allow it to brutalize Ukraine without consequence.” Russia alone is standing in the way of a resolution, Biden argued, saying that Moscow’s price for peace was “Ukraine’s capitulation, Ukraine’s territory and Ukraine’s children.
“We have to stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow,” Biden said in his UN address. “That’s why the United States—together with our allies and partners around the world—will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity and their freedom.”
During his address, Biden described the partnerships that the US government was fostering around the globe—from Africa to the Indo-Pacific—that he said were creating economic, security and other advancements, even as he stressed that those relationships were not about “containing any country”—a clear reference to Beijing.
Despite his own emphasis on climate as a priority, Biden does not plan to attend a special summit on climate that UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host on Wednesday, where countries are encouraged to bring new ideas and proposals on how to further cut emissions and combat climate change. Officials played down Biden’s absence at the climate summit, and said John Kerry, the US climate envoy, will attend in Biden’s place.
The annual forum was a chance for Biden to showcase to other world leaders—and the 2024 US electorate—that he’s reestablished US leadership on the world stage that he says was diminished under Trump. After the speech, Biden sat down with Guterres, and later Tuesday met with leaders from the so-called C5 group of Central Asian nations, which include Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Saying the cooperation among the nations is at “new heights,” Biden outlined several areas of collaboration including on critical minerals and disability rights.
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