“UK remains America’s closest ally,” Joe Biden Tells Rishi Sunak: In a phone conversation on Tuesday, US President Joe Biden reminded Rishi Sunak, the country’s third prime minister in two months, that “the UK is America’s closest partner.”
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The leaders also addressed the more divisive topic of Northern Ireland, Sunak’s office said, adding that they “examined the scope of UK-US collaboration, both bilaterally and in areas like the Indo-Pacific.”
The transatlantic allies will physically interact at the G20 Summit in Indonesia the following month.