Meetings of global leaders can often be awkward affairs and the 2024 Nato summit in Washington was no exception.
US President Joe Biden welcomed his guests onto a stage inside the White House, and while most greetings were brief and formal, French President Emmanuel Macron received a very long handshake.
The group then did their best to look relaxed as they posed for the obligatory ‘family photo’.
Albanian PM Edi Rama took the relaxed vibe a step further with white trainers.
Then came a series of bilateral meetings between leaders.
And many more photo opps…
Meanwhile, Jill Biden tried her best to keep the conversation flowing with the spouses of NATO leaders, after a visit to the Smithsonian Museum.
Later, the new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had important business to attend to, watching England play the Netherlands in the Euros semi-final with Dutch PM Dick Schoof.
Joe Biden generously gave Starmer credit for England’s last gasp victory.
There was another blustery photocall outside the White House.
Leaders were waiting for a planned flypast, but it was cancelled due to bad weather.
NATO General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg provided some light relief over dinner, before toasting the NATO alliance on its 75th anniversary.
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