His first international trip after being appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs was to Germany, this Saturday, to strengthen ties with European partners.
The newly appointed head of British diplomacy, Foreign Secretary David Lammy, has visited Poland and Sweden this Sunday within the framework of his first international trip with which he aims to strengthen the United Kingdom’s relations with the European Union and underline support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
His counterpart, Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, received Lammy at his mansion in Chobielin, about 300 kilometers northwest of Warsaw. There Lammy said that he was visiting the United Kingdom’s “key partners” in Europe.Poland, Germany and Sweden, all members of NATO– to hold talks on cooperation and security.
The new head of British diplomacy assured that The United Kingdom’s military, economic, political and diplomatic support for Ukraine will remain unwaveringwhile wants a “reset” with Europe in the areas of climate protection, energy and migration.
His European tour continues after visiting Germany on Saturday on his first trip abroad to strengthen ties with European partners. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated on social network X that the United Kingdom is an indispensable part of Europe and that they are working with the British government to see how can you get closer to the European Union.
Lammy reiterated the Prime Minister’s promise Keir Starmer of not rejoining the EU single market after British voters They will vote in 2016 in favor of breaking with political and economic union. “Let’s put the Brexit years behind us,” Lammy told The Observer. “We are not going to rejoin the single market and customs union, but there is a lot we can do together.”
Lammy was appointed on Friday after the overwhelming election victory for the Labor Party.
Starmer will travel to Washington on Tuesday to attend a NATO meeting.
This Sunday the new prime minister, who said he had a “mandate to do politics differently”, dedicated his first moves to the country’s internal politics with a trip to the four corners of the United Kingdom as part of an “immediate readjustment” with the governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
