U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Egypt to participate in the COP27 United Nations climate change conference on November 11, where he will call on the world to act “in this decisive decade”.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden would use COP27 to “build on the significant work the United States has undertaken to advance the global climate fight and help the most vulnerable build resilience to climate impacts.”
Biden will then travel to Cambodia from Nov. 12-13 to participate in the annual U.S.-ASEAN summit and the East Asia Summit. After that, Biden will visit Indonesia Nov. 13-16 to participate in a summit of leaders from the Group of 20 major economies, the White House said in a statement.
In Cambodia, Biden will reaffirm the United States’ enduring commitment to Southeast Asia and will underscore the importance of U.S.-ASEAN cooperation in ensuring security and prosperity in the region.
In Bali, the U.S. President will meet Indonesian President Widodo and will connect with G20 partners to address key challenges such as climate change, the global impact of Putin’s war on Ukraine, including on energy and food security and affordability, and a range of other priorities important to the global economic recovery.
Following Biden’s travel to Asia and North Africa, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Bangkok, Thailand to attend the November 18-19 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Meeting where she will underscore the U.S. commitment to economic cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and she will outline U.S. goals for our APEC host year in 2023.
The Vice President will then travel to Manila, the Philippines, where she will meet with government leaders and civil society representatives to reaffirm and strengthen the U.S.-Philippines Alliance.
