Why Biden is spending 24 hours in Berlin

President Joe Biden volition marque a 24-hour whirl upwind travel to Germany to speech to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz astir their countries' enactment for Ukraine and enactment up his ally.

The sojourn is abbreviated but has galore parts, including a gathering of the European Quad – Biden, Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer – to sermon the wars successful Ukraine and successful the Middle East.

A elder medication authoritative said: 'President Biden volition beryllium blessed to beryllium capable to convey Chancellor Scholz for the unthinkable concern that they've had implicit these past 3 and a fractional years.

'And past successful presumption of the quad, meaning quad leaders, meaning the United States, the UK, France and Germany volition person an accidental to sermon pressing planetary issues, including Ukraine, including the Middle East.'

The travel volition springiness Biden a accidental to accent the value of the war-torn state arsenic Americans hole to ballot for their adjacent president. 

Biden volition besides beryllium thanking Scholz for releasing Vadim Krasikov, a Russian who was convicted of the 2019 execution of a 40-year-old Georgian national who had fought Russian troops successful Chechnya and aboriginal claimed asylum successful Germany.

Scholz's determination paved the mode for Wall Street Journal newsman Evan Gershkovich, firm information enforcement Paul Whelan, and different Americans to beryllium released from captivity successful Russia.

The president volition besides conscionable with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany.

'The American president besides stands for an unthinkable betterment successful practice successful caller years,' Scholz said connected Wednesday. 'I americium looking guardant to his sojourn and I americium grateful for the bully cooperation.' 

Biden was expected to marque a three-day travel to Berlin past week, which helium postponed to grip Hurricane Milton, which killed astatine slightest 16 radical and caused an estimated $50 cardinal successful damage. The president visited the Florida to inspect the wreckage connected Sunday.

That archetypal itinerary included a gathering with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and allied nations astatine Ramstein Air Force Base successful occidental Germany.

Now that group, referred to arsenic the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, volition conscionable virtually adjacent month.

Still, the warfare successful Ukraine volition loom ample during Biden's clip successful Berlin this week.

Biden spoke by telephone Wednesday with Zelensky up of his travel to reaffirm America's committedness to Ukraine's combat against Russia and announced a caller trance of aid.

The Biden medication announced a further $425 cardinal successful subject assistance to Ukraine, bringing its full to much than $64 cardinal successful the 2 and a fractional years since Russia´s invasion.

'The bottommost enactment for the United States and for President Joe Biden is that we privation to enactment Ukraine successful a presumption of strength,' the elder medication authoritative said.  

The caller bundle includes surface-to-air missiles to support Ukrainian infrastructure from Russian attacks and agelong scope rockets and artillery to assistance successful the fighting.

The US, Germany, UK and France are each captious arms suppliers for Ukraine, delivering astir $90 cardinal successful nonstop subject enactment since February 2022.

Zelensky and Biden nevertheless 'are not going to person an accidental to meet' successful Europe connected this trip, White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre said connected Wednesday.

The 2 leaders discussed Zelensky's 'victory plan,' soon aft the Ukrainian person presented it to his parliament. Zelensky is scheduled to contiguous the five-point program to the European Council connected Thursday.

In discussing the trip, Jean-Pierre said Germany had provided 'critical support' for Ukraine, noting that it was the 2nd largest supplier of subject assistance for Kyiv aft the United States.

She besides hailed Scholz's 'bold decision' to let Germany to faciliate the captive swap with the Russians.

'The president truly wanted to marque definite to spell to Germany to convey Chancellor Scholz directly,' she said. 

The president volition besides apt beryllium offering reassurances astir ideology up of the predetermination successful the United States connected November 5th. European allies are acrophobic astir however overmuch assistance Donald Trump volition connection Ukraine if helium wins the White House.

The warfare successful the Middle East, which conscionable deed the 1 twelvemonth mark, volition besides beryllium discussed.

Berlin and Washington person backed Israel's close to support itself against Hamas and Hezbollah but pushed for a mode to bring an extremity to the struggle and debar a imaginable determination conflagration.

Originally Biden was expected to sojourn Angola aft his Berlin stop. That sojourn has been postponed to December, which volition fulfil Biden's committedness to sojourn sub-Saharan Africa arsenic president.