Statement by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on President Biden’s Travel to North Africa and Asia and Vice President Harris’s Travel to Asia

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will pay a visit to Egypt, Cambodia, and Indonesia. On November 11^th, President Biden will show up at the 27th Convention of the Functions to the UN Framework Convention on Weather Adjust (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. At COP27, he will build on the important perform the United States has carried out to progress the international local climate struggle and assistance the most susceptible develop resilience to local weather impacts, and he will highlight the need for the world to act in this decisive decade. 
 
The President will then be in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from November 12-13 to take part in the yearly U.S.-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit. In Cambodia, he will reaffirm the United States’ enduring determination to Southeast Asia and ASEAN centrality, constructing on the achievements of the historic U.S.-ASEAN Exclusive Summit in Washington, DC. He will underscore the relevance of U.S.-ASEAN cooperation in making certain stability and prosperity in the location, and the wellbeing of our combined a person billion individuals.
 
The President will be in Bali, Indonesia from November 13^th-16^th for the G20 Leaders’ Summit. In Bali, the President will commend President Widodo’s management of the G20 and emphasize the U.S. determination to this premier forum for economic cooperation with international locations symbolizing a lot more than 80{0b5b04b8d3ad800b67772b3dcc20e35ebfd293e6e83c1a657928cfb52b561f97} of the world’s GDP. He will operate with G20 associates to tackle important difficulties this sort of as weather modify, the worldwide effect of Putin’s war on Ukraine, such as on vitality and meals protection and affordability, and a vary of other priorities crucial to the world-wide financial restoration.
 
Pursuing the President’s journey in Asia and North Africa, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Bangkok, Thailand to go to the November 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Conference. The Vice President’s participation will underscore the U.S. motivation to economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and she will define U.S. objectives for our APEC host calendar year in 2023. In the course of her visit to Thailand, the Vice President will interact with Thai leaders and civil society representatives to reaffirm and strengthen the U.S.-Thai Alliance and to examine our cooperation across a variety of challenges. Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will also vacation to Bangkok and participate in the APEC spousal system amid other engagements. The Vice President will then travel to Manila, the Philippines. In the Philippines, she will fulfill with government leaders and civil modern society associates. Her check out with re-affirm and bolster the U.S.-Philippines Alliance and underscore the breadth of our cooperation as close friends, associates, and allies. The 2nd Gentleman will also travel to Manila.
 
Further information and facts about bilateral engagements and other specifics on the journey will be forthcoming — and we appear ahead to obtaining more information to share before long.

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