Vice President Kamala Harris held another solo call with a foreign leader, speaking with Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg, and affirming "her commitment to deepening the strong alliance between Norway and the United States."
"The Vice President thanked the Prime Minister for Norway's close security partnership with the United States, and generous contributions to development and health security efforts around the world," reports Fox News, referring to a readout of the call.
The two women also "agreed to cooperate bilaterally and multilaterally to advance global health, particularly the well-being of women and girls" and "the need for close coordination on COVID-19, climate change, and the Arctic."
Harris also has taken solo calls with several other foreign leaders since the Biden administration began in January, speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Her conversations with Trudeau and Macron took place shortly after President Joe Biden spoke with them.
Haris' solo calls signal she'll be involved deeply in foreign policy. World leaders could see her as being Biden's potential heir, and might be interested in building a relationship with her.
"She will be seen by everyone as a potential president in waiting, much more than in previous presidencies," a European ambassador told Politico in February.
Harris also took part in the administration's first bilateral meeting, held between the United States and Canada.
Harris has spoken with other world figures, including calling Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, to discuss the U.S. role in the global COVID-19 response.
Harris' experience, both as a senator and as California attorney general before becoming vice president, had not focused on foreign policy. However, she served on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which often dealt with foreign issues.
Current committee Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., told Politico that Harris' time there gave her a "sophisticated and thoughtful understanding of the most pressing foreign policy and national security issues facing this country right now."
Meanwhile, former Vice President Mike Pence, while serving under President Donald Trump, also spoke occasionally with foreign leaders, but Trump preferred to make the calls himself.
Pence didn't take any calls with foreign leaders in his final year in office, but he spoke with Trudeau and the presidents of Ukraine and Colombia in 2019; with Iraq's prime minister, and the president of Colombia in 2018; and in 2017, the presidents of Argentina, and Australia.
As vice president during President Barack Obama's administration, Biden often was put into the foreign policy role, after his years of experience on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he later chaired.
Biden traveled to 50 countries during the Obama administration, and before him, former Vice President Dick Cheney, under President George W. Bush, is often given credit for shaping that administration's foreign policy.
Meanwhile, Biden is scheduled to hold a virtual meeting with the leaders of Australia, Japan, and India, as his first multilateral conversation since taking office.
Last month, Biden spoke with Netanyahu, after several delays, and has made phone calls to several U.S. allies since taking office, including leaders in Canada, Britain, France, Japan, Mexico, Germany, and South Korea.
Biden has held further conversations with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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