The U.K and U.S governments say bilateral ties will not be damaged by the continuing oil spill from a BP platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would discuss the crisis with the U.S. President Barack Obama this weekend. The U.S state department said the spill was not a source of tension between the two nations. The comments come after Mr Obama's increasingly outspoken criticism of BP. His administration has been steadily applying more pressure on the oil giant with reports that the U.S justice department is considering legal action to ensure BP pays damages and compensation to those affected. In the latest move, the administration announced that the chairman of BP, Carl-Henric Svanberg, has been asked to meet Mr Obama and the officer in charge of the relief effort, Adm Thad Allen, at the White House next Wednesday.