Biden and Truss discuss NI protocol and Russia in New York meeting

Prime Minister Liz Truss holds a bilateral with US President Joe Biden (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Joe Biden told Liz Truss he is “looking forward to hearing what’s on your mind” about the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol, as he said the UK remains “our closest ally in the world”.

The British prime minister sought to reassure the US president by telling him in New York how she would be explaining how the Good Friday Agreement would be upheld.