WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris cancelled her upcoming journey to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany as a result of ongoing wildfires in California, the White Home mentioned on Thursday (Jan 9) after President Joe Biden made an analogous resolution a day earlier.
Biden cancelled an upcoming journey to Italy the place he was on account of meet Pope Francis, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
“In response to the historic wildfires in Los Angeles, the Vice President has made the choice to cancel her and the Second Gentleman’s upcoming journey to Singapore, Bahrain, and Germany,” the White Home mentioned on Thursday.
The cancelled journey of Harris, who’s from California, would possible have been her final as vp earlier than leaving workplace on Jan 20.
Los Angeles is dealing with the worst wildfires in its historical past that has so far killed 5 individuals, led to the evacuations of about 180,000 residents and consumed 12,500 hectares.
Biden, who declared a significant catastrophe in California, met with high administration officers on Thursday afternoon to debate the federal response.
