{"id":6696,"date":"2021-01-20T21:08:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T21:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box5917.temp.domains\/~iriacom\/\/news\/?p=6696"},"modified":"2021-01-20T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T21:12:34","slug":"world-leaders-congratulate-us-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/world-leaders-congratulate-us-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"World leaders congratulate US President Biden and Vice President Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders from around the world react as the new U.S. President took his oath<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Kingdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulated President Joe Biden and said that he looked forward to working with Biden, and with his new administration, \u201cstrengthening the partnership between our countries and working on our shared priorities from tackling climate change, building back better from the pandemic and strengthening our transatlantic security.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> on being sworn in as President of the United States and to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> on her historic inauguration. America\u2019s leadership is vital on the issues that matter to us all, from climate change to COVID, and I look forward to working with President Biden.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1351934951520923650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the two countries \u201cenjoy one of the most unique relationships in the world, built on a shared commitment to democratic values, common interests, and strong economic and security ties. He added that he look forward to working with President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, their administration, to make the two countries safer, more prosperous, and more resilient.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>, on your inauguration as the 46th President of the United States. Our two countries have tackled some of history\u2019s greatest challenges together &#8211; and I\u2019m looking forward to continuing this partnership with you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a>, and your administration.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau\/status\/1351945454808920065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany&#8217;s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier termed Biden&#8217;s inauguration a \u201cgood day for democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>France<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron lauded new US President Joe Biden\u2019s decision to return to the Paris Agreement climate accord, telling him \u201cwelcome back\u201d in a congratulatory message.<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Union<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that \u201cEurope stands ready. To reconnect with an old and trusted partner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>NATO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg <span style=\"color: #a80000;\"><a style=\"color: #a80000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/news_180766.htm\" target=\"_blank\">said that<\/a><\/span> the &#8220;bond between North America and Europe is the bedrock of our security, and a strong NATO is good for both North America and Europe.&#8221; he added that\u00a0NATO Allies need to stand together to address the security consequences of the rise of China, the threat of terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a more assertive Russia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Israel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congratulating U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he looks forward to working to\u201cstrengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance, to continue expanding peace between Israel and the Arab world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB\">Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that \u201cJapan and the United States are allies tied firmly by bonds and shared universal values.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KamalaHarris<\/a> on your inauguration. Japan and the United States are allies tied firmly by bonds and shared universal values.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u83c5 \u7fa9\u5049 (@sugawitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sugawitter\/status\/1351942370439225344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan said that he hoped to work with the newly elected U.S. President \u201cin building a stronger Pak-U.S. partnership\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>India<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he is committed to working with President Joe Biden to take the India-U.S. partnership to even greater heights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders from around the world react as the new U.S. President took his oath United Kingdom Prime [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,125],"tags":[342,7,322],"class_list":["post-6696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","tag-biden","tag-u-s","tag-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Biden-sworn-in.jpg?fit=690%2C370&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-1K0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6696"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6703,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6696\/revisions\/6703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}