Biden-Sunak phone call, what's talked about
Rishi Sunak, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spoke to US President Joe Biden on the phone. In the phone call, they agreed to work together on the Ukraine issue. The two leaders also pledged to take forward the existing "special relationship" between the UNITED States and Britain. The White House said this in a phone call between them.
On Tuesday (October 26), Rishi Sunak took over as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On this day, he called Ukrainian President Zelensky for the first time as a foreign head of state. At that time, he assured to continue full support to Ukraine in the ongoing conflict with Russia.
Confirming the telephone conversation, Rishi Sunak's spokesperson said that Prime Minister Sunak spoke with the President of Ukraine. The UK's support for Ukraine will remain as strong as ever, he told Zelensky. Ukrainian President Zelensky can trust his government.
Earlier, Rishi Sunak spoke about the Ukraine issue in his speech as Prime Minister in front of No. 10 Downing Street immediately after assuming responsibility. He said nothing had changed in terms of UK support for Ukraine.
According to Al Jazeera's report, Sunak spoke with US President Biden on this day. According to the White House, President Joe Biden spoke with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday (October 25) evening. At this time, the two leaders talked about Russia's aggression in Ukraine and dealing with the challenges that have arisen around China.
Russia started military operations in Ukraine in February this year. Through this, the conflict with the neighboring country Russia started. Since then, the conflict has continued for about eight months. Since the beginning of this conflict, the United Kingdom has been providing all kinds of financial and military support to Ukraine, along with the United States and other European countries.
Boris Johnson was the Prime Minister of the UK at the start of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. He was the most active on the Ukrainian side during the conflict. He visited Kiev at least twice before resigning last September.
Boris resigned amid unprecedented economic crisis and political unrest in the UK. Then former foreign minister Liz Truss took over. But after only 45 days he also had to leave. After that, Sunak was elected as the Prime Minister without much competition
