{"id":4279,"date":"2023-07-11T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T18:00:19","slug":"sunak-doubles-down-to-biden-on-uk-opposition-to-us-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4279","title":{"rendered":"Sunak doubles down to Biden on UK opposition to US sending cluster munitions to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4280\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46.png 931w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-46-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told President Biden that the U.K. will abide by a treaty banning cluster bombs, opposing a U.S. move to send them to Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said during his meeting with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\">President Biden<\/a>&nbsp;at Downing Street that the United Kingdom remained opposed to sending cluster munitions to Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An official spokesperson for Sunak said the prime minister told Biden the U.K. will \u201cstand by our obligations\u201d under a 2010 convention banning all use, production, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster munitions out of humanitarian concern over civilian casualties, Politico reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In doing so, Sunak reaffirmed directly to Biden what he told reporters over the weekend \u2013 that Britain \u201cdiscourages\u201d the United States from sending the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/us-provide-cluster-munition-ukraine-800-million-military-aid-package-report\">controversial munitions<\/a>&nbsp;to Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunak and Biden publicly put on a united front, though, when they met at Downing Street in London for about 40 minutes Monday, a day before the NATO summit started in Vilnius, Lithuania. Outside Downing Street, Biden told reporters that he \u201ccouldn\u2019t be meeting with a closer friend and a greater ally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the sixth time the two leaders have met since Sunak took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking tea in the garden, where he was served a Downing Street mug, Biden described the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/united-kingdom\">U.S.-U.K. relationship<\/a>&nbsp;as \u201crock solid,\u201d the National News reported.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe stand as two of the firmest allies in that alliance and I know we\u2019ll want to do everything we can to strengthen Euro-Atlantic security,\u201d Sunak said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.K. is among the more than 120 countries supporting the 15-year-old Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) banning cluster bombs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S., Ukraine and Russia are not\u00a0part of that treaty.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to munitions, I think the first thing to say is this was difficult choice for the U.S. that\u2019s been forced on them by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\">Russia\u2019s war of aggression,\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;Sunak\u2019s spokesperson told reporters, according to Politico. \u201cAs the prime [minister] said over the weekend, the U.K. is a state party to the convention on cluster munitions.\u2026 They discussed the commitment the U.K. has under that convention, both not to produce cluster munitions and to discourage their use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey discussed the requirements the prime minister is under because of this convention, and the U.K. is upholding it,\u201d the spokesperson said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunak\u2019s spokesperson added that the U.K.\u2019s \u201clong-standing position\u201d on supporting&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\">Ukraine\u2019s induction into NATO<\/a>&nbsp;has not changed, while Biden expressed in an interview Sunday that Kyiv\u2019s government was \u201cnot ready\u201d and that NATO membership should be delayed until after the war with Russia ends. \u201cThe prime minister believes and has said previously that Ukraine\u2019s rightful place is in NATO, and we want to work with the U.S. and our allies on the pathway for Ukraine to join that alliance,\u201d Sunak\u2019s spokesperson said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his way to the summit, Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted that it was \u201cunprecedented and absurd\u201d that NATO negotiators were contemplating different conditions and have not yet set forth a concrete timeframe for Kyiv\u2019s membership. \u201cThis means that a window of opportunity is being left to bargain Ukraine\u2019s membership in NATO in negotiations with Russia. And for Russia, this means motivation to continue its terror. Uncertainty is weakness. And I will openly discuss this at the summit,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/sunak-doubles-down-to-biden-on-uk-opposition-to-us-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/\">https:\/\/conservativemodern.com\/sunak-doubles-down-to-biden-on-uk-opposition-to-us-sending-cluster-munitions-to-ukraine\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told President Biden that the U.K. will abide by a treaty banning cluster bombs, opposing a U.S. move to send them to Ukraine. 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