British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met with senior Biden officials in Washington, D.C., during a trip to the United States, following a meeting with Donald Trump in Florida.
Lord Cameron is visiting the United States to urge Congress to pass a blocked aid package for Ukraine. He will also discuss Israel’s war in Gaza on Tuesday.
This is the first meeting between a senior British minister and the former Republican president since leaving office in 2021. However, the Foreign Office appeared to downplay the importance of their meeting with Mr Trump, who is seeking a return to the Oval Office with him. November election.
“It is standard practice for ministers to meet opposition candidates as part of routine international engagements,” the spokesman said.
The foreign secretary flew to Florida on Monday night to meet Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort, while Republican MPs in Congress have blocked a two-year, $60bn (more than £47.5bn) deal to target Ukraine. ) military assistance program. War with Russia.
Lord Cameron will hold talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and key figures in Congress on Tuesday, calling on them to “change the narrative on Ukraine this year” and release funds.
He will tell US leaders, ‘Ukraine’s successes and failures’ [Vladimir] Putin is vital to the security of the United States and Europe.”
The Foreign Office said: “This will show that borders matter, that aggression has no price and that countries such as Ukraine are free to choose their own future.”
Trump and other Republicans in Congress have blocked the latest package to Ukraine for months. House Republicans demanded concessions on border security before supporting the bill.
The former president, who claims he will end the war in Ukraine “one day,” has pledged to cut support for Ukraine and push for negotiations if he wins re-election.
The visit comes as the foreign secretary has previously criticized Trump and angered Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor-Green, who responded by saying the foreign secretary could “kiss my ass.”
In 2015, Cameron called the former Republican president’s “Muslim ban” travel policy “divisive, stupid and wrong” and criticized his dissent on aid to Ukraine as “not a wise approach.”
Ms Taylor-Green was responding to an article written by Lord Cameron warning the US not to emulate the “weakness shown against Hitler in the 1930s”.
Britain’s Foreign Office said talks with Blinken and other Biden administration officials will also focus on a ceasefire in Gaza and more aid.
He will also “press for a full, urgent and transparent investigation into the horrific events in Gaza” after three British men belonging to aid group World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli drone strike.
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