Proceeding contribution from Boris Johnson (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 4 July 2022. It occurred during Ministerial statement on CHOGM, G7 and NATO Summits.
CHOGM, G7 and NATO Summits
The right hon. Gentleman should look more carefully at what the G7 produced in terms of the plan to cap prices for oil and gas and particularly to try to stop Putin profiteering, as he currently is, from his illegal war. There is a plan. I will not pretend that it is going to be easy, but we are doing as much as we can. We are certainly taking a lot of other action, for instance, to help countries around the world with access to the fertiliser they need. He is right to raise the issue of the 25 million tonnes of grain currently held hostage in Odesa. There is a plan to get that out. It is not easy. If he looks at the numbers, though, he will see that we are gradually getting more grain out of those Ukrainian silos and into Europe and into Africa, and we will continue to do that.
As for the right hon. Gentleman’s final point about the UK and the so-called breach of international law, I repeat what I said to the right hon. and learned Gentleman, the Leader of the Opposition: what the countries around the world see is the UK offering consistent leadership in the matter of standing up for the rule of law and standing up against Putin’s aggression. I promise him—that is what has been raised with me in the past 10 days.
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- Proceeding contribution
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- 2022-23
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- Defence Armed conflict Commonwealth Cereals Expenditure International cooperation International law Foreign policy Oil Natural gas United Nations Sanctions NATO Russia Ukraine Conferences Military aid Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting G7 AUKUS
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