Starmer denies UK unpopular with US over suspending some arms exports to IsraelSource: BBC, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
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00:00It's no secret that your decision to suspend some arms sales to Israel
00:04has not gone down very well across the Atlantic.
00:07It has not made the UK government very popular with its closest ally, the United States.
00:12You're wrong about that.
00:14We've been talking to the US beforehand and afterwards,
00:20and they're very clear that they've got a different legal system
00:23and they understand the decision that we've taken, so that's very clear.
00:27The reason I'm actually going and having the visit is not about that at all.
00:32It's because the situation in Ukraine is becoming ever more pressing,
00:37as is the situation in the Middle East.
00:39I've obviously had a number of discussions with President Biden,
00:42both in person and on the phone, and with other allies,
00:45France, Germany, Italy, NATO allies,
00:49about the tactical decisions we have to make in relation to Ukraine and the Middle East.
00:54We've coordinated a lot of our messaging, coordinated our action, as you'd expect.
00:58But what I also want to have the opportunity is for a more strategic discussion
01:04about the next few months in relation to Ukraine and in relation to the Middle East.