在七国集团首脑会议前夕，总统乔·拜登与外国领导人英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊举行了第一次面对面的会谈，预计两人将讨论美国和英国长期联盟的所有方面联合王国。
在正式会谈之前，拜登、约翰逊和他们的配偶漫步俯瞰卡比斯湾，尽管康沃尔郡天气多云，拜登开玩笑说他可能不会离开。
“这太美了。我不想回家，”他说。
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约翰逊是美国前总统唐纳德·特朗普的重要盟友，拜登曾称他为特朗普的“身体和情感克隆体”，但周四，在一次采访前，两人在镜头前满面笑容双边会议来自两国的官员。
后来，约翰逊坐在里面进行另一次拍照，欢迎拜登来到康沃尔，拜登说很高兴见到首相和他的新妻子凯莉，约翰逊注意到她和第一夫人吉尔·拜登一起去喝茶了。
拜登说:“我告诉首相，我们有一些共同点。”。"我们俩的婚姻远远超出了我们的地位。"
约翰逊回答说，“在这一点上，或者在其他任何事情上，我认为很有可能，我不会不同意总统的意见，”这是一种友好的语气。
英国主办了G7峰会这将于周五在康沃尔开始，白宫表示，拜登与约翰逊的首次会晤表明了美英关系的特殊意义。
但是，尽管两国之间长期以来被称为“特殊关系”，但两国领导人仍有分歧。首先，拜登不支持英国退出欧盟，而约翰逊领导了脱离欧盟的运动。白宫也明确表示，拜登不想改变关于北爱尔兰的耶稣受难节协议。
政府官员周四表示，会议的主要优先事项将是“一系列紧迫的全球挑战”:新冠肺炎、气候变化、反恐、阿富汗撤军、印度-太平洋挑战、俄罗斯和中东。
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一名政府官员周四对记者表示:“安全方面，一个无与伦比的国防和安全联盟促进了全球稳定。”“在经济方面，我们两国之间牢固的经济伙伴关系，将英国视为我们最大的投资伙伴，也是美国的第四大贸易伙伴。当然，这种关系也与民主价值观有关。
1941年，富兰克林·罗斯福总统和温斯顿·丘吉尔首相签署了最初的协议，80年后，拜登和约翰逊再次承诺签署新的《大西洋宪章》，两国领导人在长达90分钟的双边会谈之前，一起观看了该协议，并了解了其历史。该宪章已经更新，以应对网络威胁、健康危机和其他现代挑战。
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一位政府官员表示:“现在是时候更新原版了。”。“原作真实地描绘了二战后的世界秩序可能和应该是什么样子。从世界各地人民的共同价值观和共同愿望的角度来看，这一新宪章将明确21世纪的未来几十年可以而且应该是什么样子。”
美国和英国也将在周四晚些时候发布一份联合声明，宣布在科学、技术、能源和卫生领域合作的新举措。其中，将启动一个工作组，重新开放美国和英国之间的旅行，并承诺举行一次癌症峰会。
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当天晚些时候，拜登将宣布5亿剂在他开始在欧洲举行一系列高规格峰会时宣布，新冠肺炎疫苗将在世界各地分发。根据国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文的说法，目标是使美国成为“疫苗库”，就像这个国家是“第二次世界大战期间的民主库”一样。
Biden, Johnson strike friendly tone ahead of G-7 summit
On the eve of the G-7 summit, PresidentJoe Bidenheld his first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson -- and the two were expected to discuss all aspects of the longstanding alliance between the United States and theUnited Kingdom.
Before their formal talks, Biden, Johnson and their spouses took a stroll overlooking Carbis Bay, and despite the cloudy day in Cornwall, Biden joked he may not leave.
"This is gorgeous. I don’t want to go home," he said.
Johnson was a key ally of former President Donald Trump, and Biden once called him a "physical and emotional clone" of Trump, but the two men were all smiles on Thursday before cameras ahead of abilateral meetingwith officials from both countries.
Later, sitting down inside for another photo op, Johnson welcomed Biden to Cornwall, and Biden said it's a pleasure to meet the prime minister and his new wife, Carrie, whom Johnson noted had gone off with first lady Jill Biden to take tea.
"I told the prime minister, we have something in common," Biden said. "We both married way above our station."
Johnson replied, "I'm not going to disagree with the president on that, or indeed on anything else, I think highly likely," setting a friendly tone.
The U.K. is hosting theG7 summitthat starts in Cornwall on Friday, and the White House has said that the fact that Biden is meeting with Johnson first shows the special significance of the U.S.-U.K. relationship.
But despite what's long been called a "special relationship" between the two countries, the leaders have their differences. For one, Biden did not support Brexit, while Johnson led the movement to break from the European Union. The White House has also made clear Biden wants no changes in the Good Friday agreement on Northern Ireland.
Administration officials said Thursday that the key priorities of the meeting will be on "the pressing set of global challenges": COVID-19, climate change, counter-terrorism, Afghanistan troop withdraw, Indo-Pacific challenges, Russia and the Middle East.
"There's the security dimension, with an unparalleled defense and security alliance promoting stability worldwide," an administration official told reporters Thursday. "There's an economic dimension, the robust economic partnership between our countries, sees the UK as our largest investment partner, and the fourth largest trading partner for the United States. And of course, the relationship is also about democratic values," the official said.
Biden and Johnson also recommitted a new Atlantic Charter, 80 years after President Franklin Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed the original agreement in 1941, which the two leaders viewed together and heard about its history ahead of their bilateral meeting, which ran 90 minutes. The charter has been updated to address cyberthreats, health crises, and other modern challenges.
"It's about time that the original gets refreshed," an administration official said. "The original really outlined what the post-World War world order could and should look like. This new charter will make clear what the coming decades of the 21st century can and should look like from the perspective of common values and common aspirations for people everywhere."
The U.S. and the U.K. will also be releasing a joint statement later Thursday announcing new initiatives committing to work together in the areas of science, technology, energy and health. Among them, there will be a launch of a working group to reopen travel between the U.S. and the U.K. and a commitment to hold a cancer summit.
Later in the day, Biden is slated to announce500 million dosesof COVID-19 vaccine to distribute around the world, announced as he began a series of high-profile summits in Europe. The goal, according to national security adviser Jake Sullivan, is to make the U.S. "the arsenal of vaccines," like the nation was "the arsenal of democracy during World War II."
