First Lady USA Jill Biden welcomes to Slovakia: Visit details! Will Čaputová’s partner accompany her?
Only the second independent foreign trip since taking office, straight to Slovakia.
The wife of US President Joe Biden (79), Jill Biden (70), will visit Bratislava, Košice and Vyšší Germany next weekend. The information was published by the White House, stating that the main goal will be to support Ukrainian refugees and Slovaks who care for these people. According to protocolists, a similar path is of great symbolic significance for Slovakia, which borders the war in Ukraine.
Jill Biden’s foreign trip is not only related to Slovakia, he will visit Romania shortly before, where he will spend a few days and visit the local military base with American soldiers. However, she will be in Bratislava from Saturday evening, where she plans to meet the American ambassador to Slovakia.
On Sunday, Mother’s Day, we will move to the east of the republic, where we will meet with Ukrainian mothers and children who fled their homeland after the start of the Russian invasion. Its steps lead to Košice and Vyšší Germany, which lies directly on the border with Ukraine and is the first village for incoming visitors.
According to the published program, he will meet with refugees, humanitarian workers and local residents supporting families who have found refuge in Slovakia. Jill Biden was also supposed to meet with President Zuzana Čapka, but the details in the palace certainly work together. “The exact program of the visit is still being fine-tuned, we will announce it in time,” the president’s spokesman Martin Strižinec told Nové Čas.
It is possible that the ladies will meet as early as Saturday afternoon, but it is possible that this will not happen until Monday, when a meeting with government officials is planned. “The visit is taking place from the American side, the program is still being fine-tuned. For the time being, it is preliminarily agreed that Prime Minister Eduard Heger will visit the east of Slovakia together with Jill Biden, “said Ľubica Janíková, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Government. She added that she will not publish the exact dates and places, even though the detailed program is not yet known.