conflict with russia is over. fundamentally, today is about soft power, about having the president walk up here, sit in the garden of downing street and see the relationship is rock solid. he couldn t have a close ally van rishi sunak. when he hears phrases like that, the prime minister will be delighted. 0ur chief political correspondent. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph is in windsor. the president has arrived there not long ago. yes, that is right. nick was talking about soft power. this is where the p°mp about soft power. this is where the pomp and pageantry side of the soft power was seen today. the president arrived at windsor castle and was offered a royal salute, a guard of honour. the national anthem, the american national anthem was played in the quadrangle of windsor castle by the welsh guard, who are based here in this town. it was that show of soft power that is so important.
downing street was rolling out the red carpet for the american president, who swept ten in traditional style. president, who swept ten in traditionalstyle. it president, who swept ten in traditional style. it is the first time joe traditional style. it is the first timejoe biden has been to number 10 since he took office. the prime minister and the president have seemed rather a lot of one another recently. this is the fifth time they have met in five months. a traditional handshake on the steps mark the moment. last month in washington they announced the atlantic decorating that working together in areas like artificial intelligence by 5g and civil nuclear power. 0ver intelligence by 5g and civil nuclear power. over a proper in the downing street garden, it was a topic the prime minister was to return to. the words from the president a show unity. words from the president a show uni . ., ., , , , unity. our relationship is excellent. unity. our relationship is excellent. unity.
lawmakers to taipei. the biden administration has repeatedly talked of its rock solid commitment to taiwan. but china regards the self governing island as an integral part of its territory and a foreign ministry spokesman has condemned the us support for taiwan. democrat senator bob menendez is among those visiting taipei. we are here to support taiwan. 0ur relationship is rock solid. and when a country like taiwan has 90% of the high end semiconductor industry, it is a country of global significance, of global economic consequence. and those who wish taiwan ill must understand that the global community will look at that and say, we cannot allow taiwan to be negatively impacted, because the world s
we are here to support taiwan. 0ur relationship is rock solid. and when a country like taiwan has 90% of the high end semiconductor industry, it is a country of global significance, of global economic consequence. and those who wish taiwan ill must understand that the global community will look at that and say, we cannot allow taiwan to be negatively impacted, because the world s interests a re involved. chinese foreign ministry spokesman zhao lijia has described the us lawmakers visit to taiwan as a negative move . translation: members of the usj congress should adhere to the one