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Biden To Deliver Major Address ~1730CET, Italian PM Visits Kyiv

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US President Joe Biden is set to deliver a major foreign policy speech later today as part of a visit to Poland. He arrived in Warsaw earlier this morning and will meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda around midday. He will also meet with the leaders of the 'Bucharest Nine', made up of some of the former Warsaw Pact nations that are now part of NATO (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, as well as Poland). The speech has been billed as indicating the US' continued support for Ukraine and the wider region against Russian aggression.

  • Biden's speech comes as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni visits Kyiv a day after the US President. Meloni's visit seen as a key signal of the continued support of the Italian gov't for Ukraine.
  • There are notable divisions within the right-wing governing coalition in Italy. Meloni and her right-wing nationalist Brothers of Italy have voiced continued support for Ukraine. However, former PM Silvio Berlusconi - head of the centre-right Forza Italia, which sits as part of the governing coalition - has criticised Zelenskyy for his conduct, causing major rifts in gov't (see https://marketnews.com/berlusconi-risks-gov-t-rift...)

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