20 Sept 2022 - Liz Truss didn't discuss migrant crossings or Northern Ireland protocol in Macron talks, No 10 says
The pair agreed to enhance cooperation on energy security - but two more contentious issues were not the subject of conversation between the leaders...
[MRT: First meeting and most important is energy security of Europe? Odd.]
Number 10 said the prime minister had a "constructive" conversation lasting around half an hour with the French leader, but it focused on energy security rather than the two major points of contention.
[MRT: Why is energy policy the fundamental issue? Th UK has been kicked out from the EU joint internal energy market, just after Brexit]
The pair held their first bilateral meeting at the fringes of the United Nations summit in New York after Ms Truss caused controversy by refusing to say if the French leader was a "friend or foe" - instead saying "the jury's out".
[MRT: Could this mean she is setting up the stage for blowing up Nordstream, then hoping that France will play along and be a friend rather than foe?]
"There is a will to re-engage, to move on and to show that we are allies and friends in a complex world."
[MRT: Why is there a need to stress that world is complex at this point?]
Shortly before posting the tweet, Ms Truss admitted her tax cuts would disproportionately benefit the rich - but said she is willing to be an unpopular prime minister to bring in measures she believes will grow the economy.
While President Biden's criticism was surely for a domestic audience, it underlined the differences between the two leaders' stances just as Ms Truss says she wants to foster closer ties with international allies.
21 Sept 2022 - Truss and Leyen met, one of the topics was EU energy.
...President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, met at the UN General Assembly in New York today.
...They strongly condemned Russia's actions in Ukraine and agreed that Putin's recent calls to mobilise parts of the population were a sign that Russia's invasion is failing. It is a statement of weakness...
They also discussed UK EU relations including energy, food security and the Northern Ireland Protocol...
At the Tuesday summit, Kishida and Truss also vowed to deepen cooperation on ensuring economic security and energy supplies, the ministry said.
21 Sept 2022 - UK: PM meeting with President Joe Biden
The Prime Minister met US President Joe Biden at the UN General Assembly in New York today.
The leaders stressed the need to end over-reliance on authoritarian states in terms of our energy, technology and manufacturing supply chains.
They agreed to redouble bilateral efforts to reduce energy dependence on Russia and to increase the amount of renewable and other forms of energy flowing from democratic states.
21 Sept 2022 - UK Prime Minister Truss addresses the United Nations General Assembly (transcript here)
01:00 min: "...Geopolitics is entering a new era.."
06:00 min: "We are cutting off the toxic power and pipelines from authoritarian regimes and strengthening our energy resilience."
08:30 min: "The UK is providing funding, using the might of the City of London and our security capabilities to provide better alternatives to those offered by malign regimes.
The resolute international response to Ukraine has shown how we can deliver decisive collective action. ..
If the economy of a partner is being targeted by an aggressive regime we should act to support them. All for one and one for all.
12:00 min "In all these areas, on all of the fronts, the time to act is now. This is a decisive moment in our history, in the history of this organization and in the history of freedom...
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