Biden and Starmer Leave Ukraine Long-Range Missile Question Open

British prime minister said conversations would continue in the coming days at the United Nations General Assembly.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (R) and Foreign Secretary David Lammy (2nd R) meet with President Joe Biden (2nd L) in the Blue Room at the White House on Sept. 13, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/Getty Images

No decision on Ukraine’s pleas to lift restrictions on the use of Western-supplied arms to strike into Russia was immediately forthcoming when the heads of the U.S. and British governments met at the White House on Sept. 13.

President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met to discuss support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia, as well as the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific.