environment. finland takes the step of a nato membership in order to strengthen not only its own security but also in order to strengthen wider transatlantic security. this is not the way from anybody. like you, mr. president, said, nato is protective. defensive. not a threat to anybody. at the same time, we must not forget that at this very moment, the brave people of ukraine are fighting not only for their own freedom and democracy but our common security. finland together with the eu and the united states stands firmly behind ukraine. so, mr. president, once again, i want to thank you for making history with us. thank you. mr. president, thank you for welcoming the prime minister and me to the white house. the bonds between sweden and the united states are strong and long standing. as you know, swedes first established in your home state of delaware in 1638. we were one of the first countries to recognize united states as an independent nation in 1783. since then, our
how does the diplomatic wins wanting to join nato factor into what we might see from him in that region? i think it s important to a certain degree. i think he s the entire ukraine war gives him a little bit of a diplomatic win. all of a sudden, he s going in the whole point of the asia trip is even though it s about china. so the north korea thing is there. they re still doing their missile test. that will be something that on the administration s agenda. the back wind, the specter at this entire asia trip is china and how the chinese are now assessing their competition with america. that s going to be the theme as he makes these stops. as he visits this continent. there s this underlying message
first trip to asia as president. it s a diplomatic trip aimed at reaffirming ties in that region as he continues to grapple with the war in ukraine. and he ll do so with some diplomatic wind in his sails. thank you very much. erin, what is the reaction from ukraine? reporter: earlier today we were in a village outside of kharkiv where i am now. the second largest city in ukraine. we were shadowing war crimes prosecutors as they toured a bombed out village. this village was bombed, they say, by the russians in early march. seven bombs dropped on the small village destroying some 20 structures, killing three villagers as well as a member of the ukrainian military. one of the villagers we spoke to
acknowledging erdogan s objections are pretty reprehensible. how can they work together with turkey to resolve those concerns. it s probably something they re negotiating for which is the reason biden and others are confident they ll work it out. turkey has some leverage now and get something for it. let s talk about the president s trip, if we can. his trip to asia. he s going to be going to asia for the first time, including south korea. bordering north korea, they re having missiles tests in north korea.
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