US President Joe Biden will receive Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the White House next Tuesday, the two leaders announced.

Allies in the NATO defense alliance, the two leaders "will reaffirm our shared efforts to strengthen transatlantic security and economic prosperity," a White House statement said Thursday.

It added that the pair would "discuss our steadfast support for Ukraine in the face of Russia's brutal war of aggression."

The Netherlands will be among the host states this year for the "Democracy Summit," a diplomatic format initiated by Biden.

Slated for March 29-30, the summit will be chaired by Biden along with the leaders of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia.

Biden and Rutte also intend to talk about their "cooperation on strategic technologies and their shared vision of a free and secure Indo-Pacific region," a phrase that refers to China's efforts to expand its influence.

The Dutch government said that "further cooperation in the field of defense and security will also be discussed, as well as the strengthening of bilateral trade relations."

Media reports say Biden, who is receiving Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, seeks to convince the Netherlands and Japan to adopt his hard line approach toward restricting the Chinese technology sector.

In particular, he would like the two countries to ban, like the United States, the export of sophisticated computer components and chip fabrication equipment to China.

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