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Joe Biden says UK-US relationship is ‘rock solid’ as he meets Rishi Sunak

US president stresses common determination to arm Ukraine amid split over use of cluster munitions

Joe Biden on Monday described the UK-US relationship as “rock solid” at talks in Downing Street with Rishi Sunak, in spite of differences emerging between the two sides ahead of this week’s Nato summit.

The US president’s decision to send cluster munitions to Kyiv is at odds with Britain’s opposition to their use, and Number 10 said the UK prime minister had “discouraged” their deployment during talks in London.

Downing Street said Britain, as a signatory to a convention banning cluster weapons, was obliged to “discourage” their use by non-signatories, but privately British officials said talks on the issue were amicable.

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