UK Prime Minister David Cameron was afraid to meet UKIP leader Nigel Farage and the leadership of all the parties in the European Parliament during his trip to Brussels to renegotiate Britain's EU membership, a UKIP lawmaker told Sputnik on Tuesday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Tuesday, Cameron commenced a trip to Brussels where he seeks to persuade the European Union to alter the terms of Britain's EU membership. He initially planned to meet the leaders of European Parliament groupings, but then decided to limit the meeting to just two main groups.

"Cameron chickened out. He knew that if he met with Nigel Farage his renegotiation would be exposed and the whole deal would unravel. It is an insult to the millions of people who voted for UKIP in the European Parliament elections that their voice doesn’t deserve to be heard. I fear we will see more of this in the run up to the referendum but rest assured UKIP will continue to fight our corner," Mike Hookem, who is also a UKIP defense spokesperson, said.

Moreover, Hookem thinks that Cameron is trying to deceive the British public as he seeks to renegotiate the terms of his country's membership of the European Union.

“It has been clear from day one that Mr Cameron’s 'renegotiation' is not worth the paper it is written on. It is subject ultimately to judgments of the European Court of Justice and now we are told that MEPs will be able to tear up the agreement after the referendum has happened. He is simply trying to pull the wool over the British people’s eyes and we will not stand for it,” Mike Hookem said.

Cameron pledged to hold a referendum on the United Kingdom's future within the European Union by the end of 2017. Ahead of the vote, the British prime minister is seeking to revise the terms of the country's membership of the bloc.

Hookem said he was growing more confident that the British people would vote to leave the European Union in an in-or-out referendum.

The European Council is scheduled to meet in Brussels on February 18-19 to discuss the UK plans on a referendum to decide the country's fate in the bloc.