Britain “discourages” the use of cluster bombs, Rishi Sunak said a day after Joe Biden agreed to supply the controversial munitions to Ukraine, in an indication that the transatlantic allies will not be acting together in the initiative.
The British prime minister is expected to discuss the matter with Biden on Monday, when the pair meet during a short visit by the US president to Britain before both travel to a Nato summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius later in the week.
Britain is a signatory to an international convention banning the use of the weapons, which have been blamed for causing deaths to civilians even decades after conflicts have ended. The US is not a signatory.
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