U.K.’s Boris Johnson Calls to Congratulate ‘President-Elect’ Biden
The conservative British PM is the latest foreign leader to acknowledge Biden’s victory.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Joe Biden on Tuesday to congratulate the “president-elect,” according to a statement from 10 Downing Street. Johnson, hailing from the U.K.’s Conservative Party, invited Biden to a United Nations climate summit scheduled for next year in Glasgow and used Biden’s “build back better” slogan to reference the transatlantic allies’ efforts on the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson is the latest foreign leader to acknowledge Biden’s victory in the presidential election, following, most recently, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom President Donald Trump had cultivated.
I just spoke to @JoeBiden to congratulate him on his election. I look forward to strengthening the partnership between our countries and to working with him on our shared priorities – from tackling climate change, to promoting democracy and building back better from the pandemic.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) November 10, 2020
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