US President Joe Biden will join German Chancellor Angela Merkel next week at what the Munich Security Conference (MSC) calls a special edition of its annual meeting, organizers said on Friday, confirming a list of speakers at the event, APA reports citing DW.
"We are pleased and honored to announce that Joe Biden will return virtually to the stage on February 19," MSC organizers said on Twitter.
Biden visited the Bavarian capital to attend the conference in 2009 and 2013 when he was vice president to Barack Obama. He also went in 2019. In 2021, he will be the first sitting US president to participate in the meeting, though he'll be attending virtually rather than traveling to Germany.
The president will address "the need for the United States and Europe to take on global challenges together," said White House Press Sectary Jen Psaki.
In a statement to DW, organizers confirmed Chancellor Angela Merkel's participation in the digital conference.
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