Policy|International politics
The government shared a video on Twitter with US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Sanna Marin having a brief discussion at the EU summit. At the end, Biden seems to be whispering something to Marin.
The United States president Joe Biden attended an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday night. Finland was represented at the meeting by the Prime Minister Sanna Marin (sd).
A video shared by the government on Twitter shows Biden coming to greet Marin before the meeting begins and they exchange a few words. Marin apparently asks Biden something that answers by whispering in Marin’s ear. After that, Marin claps his finger on Biden’s shoulder.
What did Biden whisper to Marin?
This was also asked of Marin when she met Finnish journalists the night before Friday after the first day of the summit.
According to Marini, the president discussed, among other things, the short exchange of words Sauli Niinistö From a visit to the United States. Niinistö visited Washington in early March to meet Biden, among others
“Biden mentioned that Finland has an impressive defense force. I told him that was the case. Although we are a small nation, we have long been actively investing in defense, ”Marin said.
Was Biden’s whisper related to NATO?
“We did not have a NATO discussion in that short meeting.”
EU leaders and Biden discussed at Thursday’s meeting, among other things, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, new sanctions against Russia and ways to help Ukraine.
According to Marin, Biden highlighted at the EU summit how strong the unity of the West has been since Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February. In addition, Biden stressed that when the war ends in time, reconstruction will begin. The EU can play an important role in this.
United States announced on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Russia. The United States puts about 300 members of the Russian parliament and more than 40 Russian defense companies on the sanctions list. In addition, it seeks to prevent Russia from using its gold reserves to support the ruble.
The United States also announced that it would receive more than 100,000 refugees from Ukraine.
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