Following the Prime Minister's bilateral meetings at the
United Nations General Assembly, a Downing Street
spokesperson said:
“The Prime Minister met President Luiz Inacio da Silva at UNGA
this afternoon.
“They discussed their shared commitment to tackling global
challenges, including the importance of global ambition on
climate change and poverty.
“The Prime Minister congratulated President Lula on his
leadership on tackling both these challenges as President of the
G20 and looked forward to the Summit in Rio.
“The leaders shared their plans to accelerate the energy
transition at home and internationally, and agreed to work
closely on this agenda including for COP30.
“The Prime Minister also confirmed strong support for President
Lula's G20 Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty.
“They also discussed the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, and Lebanon.
The Prime Minister set out his steadfast support for Ukraine and
upholding the UN Charter. On the Middle East, the Leaders
underlined the importance of ceasefires in both Lebanon and in
Gaza.”
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
“The Prime Minister met Kenyan President William Ruto at UNGA
this afternoon.
“The two leaders stressed how pleased they were to meet each
other for the first time, and agreed the UK and Kenya share a
close and important partnership.
“They agreed to take forward work to further strengthen the
bilateral relationship, building on the existing Strategic
Partnership between our two countries.
“In particular, both leaders shared their determination to
deliver world-leading action to tackle climate change and
accelerate the energy transition.
“The Prime Minister praised President Ruto's extensive and
pioneering leadership in this area, both in Kenya and through his
international work across Africa and the world to accelerate the
clean energy transition, and reiterated his ambition to turn the
UK into a clean energy superpower.
“Both looked forward to working together more closely and agreed
to take forward work to champion clean power internationally–
including leveraging the power of private sector investment and
international financial institution reform to deliver on their
climate ambitions.”
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
“The Prime Minister met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at
UNGA this afternoon.
“President Abbas opened by condemning the Hamas attacks of
October 7th. He also highlighted the civilian death toll in Gaza
since then, with 41k killed and 100k injured, plus 70% of
infrastructure devastated. The Prime Minister agreed that the
loss of civilian life had been intolerable.
“The President and Prime Minister also condemned the increase in
settler violence and settlement activity there has been on the
West Bank.
“The President and Prime Minister agreed that we need an
immediate ceasefire, the release of the hostages and a surge in
humanitarian aid getting in.
“They also discussed what needed to come next in terms of
supporting and reforming the Palestinian Authority and working
towards a political horizon which was the only long term solution
to this crisis: a viable Palestinian state along a safe and
secure Israel.”
