Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Tuesday that he will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) being held next week in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula.
This was confirmed by Johnson during an interview with the British television channel Sky News, where he stressed that he has a «particular interest» in the meeting, especially because, according to him, «it has gone out of fashion» the World Climate Conference in Glasgow, COP26, held last year.
In this sense, he has argued that the Glasgow conference was «a fantastic global success», as it worked to promote «a great deal of good for the planet». Johnson explained that he will use his appearance at the Egypt meeting to explain the UK’s climate position.
Johnson’s statements come after the British government confirmed on Monday that the attendance, or not, of the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to the Summit is still «under review» after criticism against the ‘premier’ for announcing that he would not attend the event.
This year’s Climate Summit will be held in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula, and will culminate just one day after the date set for the British Executive to present its budget, a key issue in the current political instability in the country.
ON UKRAINE The former British Prime Minister has also stressed, during his interview with Sky News, that Russian President Vladimir Putin would go «crazy» if he decided to use nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil in the framework of the war against Kiev.
Thus, Johnson has clarified that this would be «a total disaster» for Russia. «There is a lot of willingness to give Putin the benefit of the doubt. That will disappear the moment he does something like this,» he explained, adding that he would «crucially» lose China’s patronage.
In this sense, Johnson has warned about the danger of trying to «compromise» or make a «dirty» deal with Putin, in reference to possible cessions of Ukrainian territory, as this could only encourage Moscow to carry out «more aggressions».
Thus, he indicated that Russia’s use of this type of weaponry is «very very very very unlikely», although, should it occur, he argued that «all kinds of options» both in NATO and in the P3 nations – the United States, the United Kingdom and France – to act accordingly.
