Biden to meet privately with Japan’s Kishida before G-7 Summit in Hiroshima.

President Biden to Meet with Japanese Prime Minister Ahead of G-7 Summit

The White House has confirmed that President Joe Biden will hold a private meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on May 18, ahead of the G-7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan. The summit will be attended by leaders from France, the UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada.

Building on Extraordinary Progress

According to Jake Sullivan, the White House national security adviser, the meeting between Biden and Kishida will review the “extraordinary progress” made in the alliance over the past two years. Sullivan noted that discussions will also touch on the subject of reconstruction and economic and humanitarian support to Ukraine, as well as “how to set the appropriate conditions with progress on the battlefield shaping progress at an eventual negotiating table if and when Ukraine is prepared to do that down the road.”

Topics of Discussion

Supply chains and clean energy are also topics that will be discussed between Biden and Kishida in the private meeting, as will the common concerns associated with the growing threat from China, which has declared a “friendship without limits” with Russia. Sullivan also stated that Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine will be a significant topic of conversation between the two leaders, including discussions about the state of play on the battlefield and on sanctions.

• Discussions will touch on the subject of reconstruction and economic and humanitarian support to Ukraine
• Supply chains and clean energy are also topics that will be discussed
• Common concerns associated with the growing threat from China will be addressed
• Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine will be a significant topic of conversation

Overall, the meeting between Biden and Kishida is expected to result in alignment and convergence around the fundamental principles of their approach to the issues at hand.