course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.
give us a sense of what his message will be. seems to be to two specific audiences. domestically, americans at home, those in the house, as well as the european leaders who, to this point, have been rallied with ukraine. reporter: yeah. i d add one more audience to the list, jonathan, which is president putin himself. we just heard keir simmons talking about that major speech we re expecting tomorrow from president putin. what a split screen day that is going to be. as president biden, assuming his schedule still holds, is here in warsaw at the royal palace garden, just a few blocks from where i m standing right now. the same location, by the way, where president biden was almost a year ago when he came here to warsaw in march. i was here for that visit, and it was that speech where president biden was really able to lay out the stakes, not only for ukraine but for europe and for the west. to put this in the context of
Update: February, 10/2021 - 14:26 |
A view of the Hương River in Huế city. VNS Photo Công Thành
THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ – The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have signed a Record of Discussion concerning the Huế Culture and Tourism smart city development project with a total fund of US$14.8 million.
The provincial people’s committee said KOICA will help Huế improve capabilities in public management of tourism and change the tourism-based sustainable economic development in terms of society and environment.
Following the agreement, KOICA will invest $13 million, while the province will cover the rest over the next five years.