The Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who meets the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, Thursday, had to hold these reinforcements at his disposal “in the event of a humanitarian crisis”.
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Very busy saving his mandate from Prime Minister threatened by the “PartyGate”, these holidays organized at Downing Street during the confinement, Boris Johnson had so far shown discreet on the international scene. He intends to catch up. After a short stop in Kiev, February 1, to ensure President Volodymyr Zelensky of the United Kingdom’s support against the aggressiveness of his Russian neighbor, he had to speak, Thursday 10 FEBRUARY, WITH NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Brussels, then with Polish Prime Minister Morset Morawiecki, and President Andrzej Duda, Warsaw.
Keir Starmer, the leader of the British Labor opposition, will also make the trip to Brussels to meet separately by Stoltenberg, Thursday: a way of showing the United Kingdom’s united forehead in the Ukrainian crisis – in same time as his ambition to lead one day the country. On the same day, the British Foreign Minister Liz Truss, for him, had to see the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, before giving way to his colleague Ben Wallace, Minister of Defense, who will meet his Russian homologue Friday. “They will insist that the only way possible for Moscow is to finish with its aggressive hybrid war campaign and engage in serious discussions,” said Downing Street, Wednesday night.
m. Johnson, like the American president, Joe Biden, a hard line against the Kremlin, should announce to the provision of NATO and its allies 1,000 additional British soldiers, ready to intervene “in the event of a humanitarian crisis”, and invite its international partners to “demonstrate their solidarity with NATO allies threatened with Russian aggression”. London has already announced the sending of 350 members of the Royal Marines and proposed the deployment of Royal Air Force Hunting aircraft in South and Buildings of the Royal Navy (air defense and patrollers) in eastern Mediterranean.
“When NATO has been founded, the Allies have made the historical commitment to preserve the freedom of each of its members. The United Kingdom maintains its unwavering commitment to European security, said the British leader before his departure. We need real diplomacy, no diplomacy of coercion. The alliance must draw a line in the snow and not to compromise on its principles. These include the security of each NATO ally and the right for all European democracies to aspire become a member of the Atlantic Alliance. “
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