The world reacts to Joe Biden quitting the 2024 presidential race: Israeli President says Biden symbolises the 'unbreakable bond between our two people' while Ireland's Taoiseach calls him a 'voice for reason'

The world has reacted to US president Joe Biden's determination to propulsion retired of nan 2024 statesmanlike election, pinch Israel's PM starring nan praise. 

The 81-year-old coming stepped speech aft facing weeks of questions complete his fittingness to service pursuing his disastrous statesmanlike statement capacity that sparked a bid of fumbles he could not retrieve from.  

His historical move comes 24 days aft nan statement and pursuing a 50-year profession successful authorities that culminated successful his ascension to the White House.

Biden, a long-time protagonist of Israel, was congratulated by nan nation's premier minister. 

Isaac Herzog said of Biden successful a station to X: 'I want to widen my heartfelt acknowledgment to Joe Biden for his relationship and patient support for nan Israeli group complete his decades agelong career. 

'As nan first US President to sojourn Israel successful wartime, arsenic a recipient of nan Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor, and arsenic a existent state of nan Jewish people, he is simply a awesome of nan unbreakable enslaved betwixt our 2 peoples. 

'I nonstop him, Jill Biden, and each his family, my warmest wishes from Jerusalem.'

Ireland's Taoiseach Simon Harris described Biden arsenic a 'voice for reason.' 

'On behalf of nan group and authorities of Ireland. I, arsenic Taoiseach, would for illustration to convey you Mr President for your world activity and your relationship arsenic you make your announcement that you will not guidelines successful nan 2024 US Presidential election', he said. 

'The world has changed since President Biden's triumph successful 2020 and we person had to look bonzer challenges from a world pandemic to nan return of warfare to nan continent of Europe pinch nan horrific full- standard penetration of Ukraine by Russia which has deliberately targeted and killed guiltless civilians.

'President Biden has been a sound for reason, effective multilateralism and shared solutions.'

Across nan Irish Sea, British PM Keir Starmer, elected earlier this month, said: 'I respect President Biden's determination and I look guardant to america moving together during nan remainder of his presidency.

'I cognize that, arsenic he has done passim his singular career, President Biden will person made his determination based connected what he believes is successful nan champion interests of nan American people.'

Over successful Europe, Germany's chancellor Olaf Scholz said: 'My friend Joe Biden has achieved a lot: for his country, for Europe, for nan world. 

'Thanks to him, transatlantic practice is close, NATO is strong, and nan USA is simply a bully and reliable partner for us. His determination not to tally again deserves recognition.'

Poland's PM Donald Tusk echoed Scholz's sentiments, saying: 'Mr. President, galore times you person made difficult decisions that person made Poland, America, and nan world safer, and populist and state stronger. 

'I cognize that you were guided by nan aforesaid principles erstwhile announcing your latest decision. Perhaps nan astir difficult 1 successful your life.' 

The Czech Republic's PM Petr Fiala said: 'It is undoubtedly nan determination of a statesman who has served his state for decades. It is simply a responsible and personally difficult step, but it is each nan much valuable. 

'I americium keeping my fingers crossed for nan USA that a bully president emerges from nan antiauthoritarian title of 2 beardown and adjacent candidates.'

And Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Stoere added: 'I respect Joe Biden's determination not to tally for re-election. That justification deserves respect,' Stoere told nationalist broadcaster NRK.

'Biden has been 1 of America's astir salient politicians complete respective decades, and a president who has carried retired respective important reforms.' 

Biden's world adversaries weighed successful arsenic well. 

The Kremlin said it was monitoring developments aft US President Joe Biden dropped retired of nan 2024 US election race, adding that a 'lot tin change' successful nan meantime.

'The predetermination is still 4 months away. And it's a agelong time, during which a batch tin change. We request to salary attention, travel what will hap and spell astir our business,' Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told nan Life.ru news outlet.

Biden announced his bombshell determination successful a one-page missive wherever he committed to completing his word and soon aft posted a follow-up tweet endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic his replacement.

Now Democrats must title to statement up their run down a caller nominee pinch little than 4 months until predetermination day.

'It has been nan top grant of my life to service arsenic your President,' Biden wrote successful a missive posted to his X relationship connected Sunday.

'And while it has been my volition to activity reelection,' he went on, 'I judge it is successful nan champion liking of my statement and nan state for maine to guidelines down and to attraction solely connected fulfilling my duties arsenic President for nan remainder of my term.'

The announcement came nan aforesaid time a slew of Biden's friends went connected nan airwaves to insist nan President was not stepping down and would proceed his reelection efforts.

Biden said successful his missive that he would speak successful much item astir his determination successful remarks to nan state later this week.

Last week, Biden was pulled from nan run way aft he was diagnosed pinch COVID-19 for nan 3rd clip successful nan mediate of a westbound seashore swing. This led to moreover much speculation that he would soon driblet retired of nan race.