Washington (Union)
Yesterday, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron urged Republicans to approve a US aid package worth tens of billions of dollars to support Ukraine, during a visit to the United States in which he met with Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for the upcoming presidential elections.
Cameron met with Trump in Florida, before moving to Washington on an official visit during which he met with his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken.
The British minister confirmed that his meeting with Trump was “private,” but he touched on issues such as “the future of NATO,” which the former American president often criticizes and its member states.
Cameron is also scheduled to meet members of Congress. He confirmed that he would call on Republicans in the House of Representatives to approve a $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine that was requested by the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden last year, but political differences in Washington prevented its passage.
Cameron said, “I come here with no intention of admonishing anyone, telling anyone what should be done, or interfering in the course of politics. I come here as a great friend and believer in this country, and I sincerely believe that it is in your interest to release these funds” allocated to support Ukraine.
Donald Trump’s campaign for the US presidential election said that the Republican candidate and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron had dinner the day before yesterday at Trump’s home in Florida, and discussed “the necessity of NATO countries meeting their defense spending requirements.”
Trump’s campaign said the two men discussed “the upcoming elections in the United States and Britain, political issues related to Britain’s exit from the European Union, the need for NATO countries to meet defense spending requirements, and ending the fighting in Ukraine” over dinner at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump has often addressed the failure of many of NATO’s 32 members to achieve the defense spending target of at least two percent of gross domestic product, which has raised concerns in Europe about the future of the alliance if Trump wins over current President Joe Biden in the November elections.
In February, Western officials criticized Trump for suggesting that he would not protect countries that would not meet the alliance’s defense spending goals, but would even encourage attacks on them. The US army forms the basis of the alliance’s military strength.
A British Foreign Office spokesman said yesterday that Cameron met with Trump as part of “routine international engagement,” describing it as “standard practice for ministers to meet opposition candidates.”
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2024-04-09 22:03:24
