British Foreign Minister Liz Truss has promised to follow in the footsteps of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and become Ukraine’s “greatest friend” if he succeeds in becoming the leader and prime minister of the Conservative Party.
Truss, one of the last two candidates for the race to replace Johnson as prime minister, doubled his support for Ukraine and made President Volodymyr Zelensky a resident of 10 Downing Street. I vowed to be the first foreign leader to call if. City.
In a statement released on July 28, she said: [Russian President Vladimir] Putin has failed in Ukraine and is suffering a strategic defeat, and Russia is constrained in the future. “
Truss said the conflict in Ukraine was “balanced” and it is not time to discuss concessions and compromises.
She said Britain needed to work with its Western partners to “continue to provide weapons, aid and diplomatic assistance” to Ukraine.
“I believe the British people are credible candidates for Ukraine and they can be credible to protect our freedom at home and abroad,” she added.
New focus
The Foreign Minister also said he would update the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Security Review in light of the conflict in Ukraine.
Before Russia invaded Ukraine and NATO withdrew from Afghanistan, an integrated review was published in March 2021 that set the government’s vision for Britain’s role in the world for the next decade.
Truss said it would add a new renewed focus to China and Russia as it believes that the invasion of Ukraine and the growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) administration will demand a new approach to UK security. ..
She has already promised to raise defense spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2030.
Truss boosted the campaign significantly on July 29, when Defense Minister Ben Wallace said he was a candidate to “do his best to defend the country.”
He also said that trusses are candidates for “understanding the world we live in” from a defense perspective.
Wallace told soldiers that “always had a straightforward relationship with defense and consistent support,” he said. “Updated integrated reviews, rethinked unit morphology, and increased defense spending.” “The plan” is welcomed.
Lily Zhou and PA Media contributed to this report.
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