![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/joe-biden-heading-to-uk-amid-growing-row-over-cluster-bombs-for-ukraine/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Joe-Biden-23189775113172.jpg&description=The US President is expected to jet into Britain later today and hold talks with Rishi Sunak in Downing Street about the progress of the Ukrainian counter-offensive Joe Biden jets into Britain tonight for talks with Rishi Sunak amid a growing row over cluster bombs for Ukraine. The US President will send the controversial weapons to Kyiv to boost its fight against Russian invaders - opening a divide with the UK. Many NATO allies, including Britain, ban their use. The Prime Minister said: 'The UK is signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use.' US climate change envoy John Kerry told the BBC today: 'Everybody is always going to be worried about how something is used and I know the President has described this as a very difficult decision. He's putting constraints on how that can be used.' The President is due to hold talks with the PM in No10 on Monday. He will also meet the King in Windsor Castle, before flying to Lithuania for the NATO summit starting on Tuesday. The White House said Mr Biden will "compare notes" with Mr Sunak on the Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia. But a diplomatic row is brewing over the cluster munitions America will supply to Kyiv. Treasury Minister Victoria Atkins told Sky News: 'We, the UK, have signed the convention that prohibits their use and discourages their use, and of course we stick by that convention and we are trying to do what we can to support Ukraine.' She added: 'We have signed this convention and for us, that is our position on these.' Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the munitions should not be delivered. "We all agree that Ukraine needs to be properly armed to fight Russia and their illegal invasion. But I am concerned about the use of cluster bombs - and it is not just the UK who has these concerns, other countries clearly do as well,' she told the Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme on Sky News. "I would like to find a way to properly arm Ukraine b){kind=link}
The US President is expected to jet into Britain later today and hold talks with Rishi Sunak in Downing Street about the progress of the Ukrainian counter-offensive
Joe Biden jets into Britain tonight for talks with Rishi Sunak amid a growing row over cluster bombs for Ukraine.
The US President will send the controversial weapons to Kyiv to boost its fight against Russian invaders – opening a divide with the UK. Many NATO allies, including Britain, ban their use.
The Prime Minister said: “The UK is signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use.”
US climate change envoy John Kerry told the BBC today: “Everybody is always going to be worried about how something is used and I know the President has described this as a very difficult decision. He’s putting constraints on how that can be used.”