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Cluster bombs from the USA/Biden "head-to-head" meeting with Sunak

2023-07-10 07:52:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

Cluster bombs from the USA/Biden "head-to-head" meeting with Sunak

US President Joe Biden has landed in the UK ahead of a NATO summit in Lithuania, which comes after some allies questioned his call to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.

The United Kingdom and Canada are among those that have expressed concern about supplying the bombs, which are widely banned because of the danger they pose to civilians.

The US says they are needed because Ukraine's weapons stockpile is dwindling.

On Monday, Biden will meet with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The two leaders are expected to discuss various issues, including the war in Ukraine.

Sunak did not directly criticize his US counterpart after Friday's cluster bomb announcement - but on Saturday he said the UK was one of 123 countries signed up to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, an international treaty that bans the production or use of cluster munitions. weapons.

However, other US allies have gone further. NATO partner New Zealand said on Sunday that the munitions could cause "great harm to innocent people".

Cluster bombs usually drop many smaller bombs that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Unexploded bombs can sit on the ground for years before exploding.

The US says it has received written assurances from Kiev that Ukrainian troops will not use weapons in Russia or in urban areas./ CNA





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