Meeting partially overshadowed by US president’s decision to send to Ukraine cluster munitions banned in Britain
Joe Biden will meet King Charles for the first time since the coronation in a fleeting visit that will be used by Rishi Sunak and the US president as a “pre-meeting” ahead of joint efforts at this week’s Nato summit.
However, what will be the sixth meeting between the pair since Sunak took office in October has been partially overshadowed by the US president’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine, weapons that are prohibited by 100 countries including the UK, which currently holds the presidency of a convention banning them.
