British PM travels to the US

British Prime Minister David Cameron travelled to the US capital of Washington to discuss a series of issues including the Syria crisis and the US-EU free trade agreement with US President Barack Obama. The G8 Summit to take place in Northern Ireland is also enlisted on the agenda for the first visit of Cameron to take place during the second term of Obama in office. Cameron, who gathered with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi last week, stated that the talks in regards to Syria were "encouraging" and efforts to end the ongoing crisis in Syria for 27 months have accelerated. While an international conference to discuss the Syria issue is to be held at upcoming weeks, Britain resumes its efforts for the EU to lift its embargo on Syria and hence pave way for providing arms to the opposition. EU membership referendum The US-EU free trade agreement, which is expected to make a contribution of 10 billion pounds to the British economy every year, will be one of the topics dominating Cameron's agenda during his US trip. The US is expected to reiterate Britain to remain in the EU and Cameron is expected to reassure Obama on this issue. Meanwhile, it is envisaged that British MPs will vote to hold a referendum for Britain's EU membership at the House of Commons during this week.