Aug. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance was due to hold talks Friday with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy at the start of Vance's summer family vacation to England.
Lammy was expected to host Vance at his 17th-century official country residence just outside London at Chevening House in Kent to discuss Anglo-American ties before being joined by their families for a get-together.
Confirming the meeting, the White House said in a statement that the vice president and the foreign secretary would "discuss a variety of topics pertaining to the U.S.-U.K. relationship."
The meeting comes as the stances of the Labour government Lammy serves and the Trump administration on key foreign policy areas have been moving in opposite directions, particularly over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Palestinian statehood and Israel's plan to occupy the Palestinian territory in its entirety.
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