Cameron meets Trump, to urge US Congress to approve Ukraine military aid
Al Jazeera
Top British diplomat says success for Ukraine is vital for the security of the United States and Europe.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will urge the United States Congress to pass an aid package for Ukraine after he met Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president.
Cameron is to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, DC, later on Tuesday to also discuss Israel’s war on Gaza.
Cameron said he would also meet Speaker Mike Johnson, the top Republican in the US House of Representatives, and urge him to pass a $60bn package of military aid for Ukraine, which has been held up for months in the chamber.
“Success for Ukraine and failure for Putin are vital for American and European security,” Cameron said in a statement, saying it was important to demonstrate to Russian President Vladimir Putin that “aggression doesn’t pay”.
“The alternative would only encourage Putin in further attempts to redraw European borders by force, and would be heard clearly in Beijing, Tehran and North Korea,” added Cameron, who was British prime minister from 2010 to 2016.
