Joe Biden touches down in UK ahead of talks with Boris Johnson and G7 summit Lizzie Edmonds
Joe Biden has flown into the UK ahead of a meeting with Boris Johnson on Thursday on his first overseas trip as US president.
The US President and First Lady Jill Biden arrived at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk on Thursday evening ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall beginning on Friday.
Mr Biden and his wife disembarked Air Force One at about 7.45pm.
A large crowd of US Air Force personnel and their families were waiting for him inside a hangar at RAF Mildenhall.
Joe Biden has stressed the need for the world’s democracies to stand together as he arrived in the UK on his first overseas trip as US president.
Mr Biden will meet Boris Johnson in Cornwall on Thursday ahead of the G7 summit and is expected to deliver a warning not to let the Brexit trade dispute “imperil” the Northern Ireland peace process.
The president will also seek to show the United States is back as a major international diplomatic force following the Donald Trump years, using the visit to Europe to shore up transatlantic alliances.
Mr Biden flew in to the UK on Air Force One, landing at the US airbase at RAF Mildenhall before heading on to Cornwall for Thursday’s talks with Mr Johnson and the G7 summit in Carbis Bay.