WASHINGTON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden are to meet Friday (Sep 13) in Washington to discuss whether to let Ukraine fire Western-provided long-range missiles into Russia, an option that has sent tensions soaring with Moscow.
WASHINGTON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden are to meet Friday in Washington to discuss whether to let Ukraine fire Western-provided long-range missiles into Russia, an option that has sent tensions soaring with Moscow.
"I wouldn't expect any major announcement in that regard coming out of the discussions, certainly not from our side," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters. Starmer is set to meet Biden at the White House at 4.30pm but has no scheduled meetings with Trump or Harris, both of whom will be on the campaign trail on Friday.Biden said during an earlier event at the White House that Starmer had"asked if he could come and see me" but gave no further details.
But he asked why the West would not do what it had done with Israel and help Kyiv shoot down the regular barrages of Russian missiles and drones it faces, saying:"They are afraid to even say 'we are working on it.'"Biden said on Tuesday that he was"working" on Ukraine's demands to use longer-range missiles, while top US and British diplomats Antony Blinken and David Lammy made a rare joint visit to Kyiv on Wednesday.
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