Heavy weapons, tanks and aircraft for Ukraine will be requested in tonight’s speech by Liz Tras

London: Thanasis Gavos

UK Secretary of State Liz Tras will use her speech tonight to argue that the West should strengthen Ukraine against the Russian invader with “heavy weapons, tanks, aircraft – looking deep into our arsenals, increasing production.”

In her keynote address at the annual Mansion House in London, before the ambassadors, other diplomats and businessmen, the British Foreign Secretary said: “We can not be complacent. The fate of Ukraine remains in the air. And let’s be clear: if Putin succeeds there, there will be untold further misery in Europe and dire consequences around the world. We would never feel safe again. “So we have to be prepared for a long period (of war) and insist on our support for Ukraine.”

He will add that the sanctions of the West must be extended so that the Putin “To have nowhere to go to finance this heinous war” and he will stress that “this means stopping the import of oil and gas once and for all”.

At the same time, the West should help Ukraine with refugees, food, medicine and other basic necessities, but also with its economy.

He goes on to say that Ukraine should be a “catalyst for wider change” in order to change the deterrence approach. aggressive countries.

“Our new approach will be based on three strands,” Ms Tras said. “Military power, financial security and deeper global alliances.”

As for the first part, the British Foreign Secretary will speak of the need to “correct a generation of low investment, with 2% of GDP (at the expense of NATO members for defense) being the floor and not the ceiling”.

He will be in favor of an open door policy for the North Atlantic Alliance, including a policy for Sweden and Finland, as well as a global view of NATO that will strengthen cooperation with partners in the Pacific. .

He concluded by emphasizing that such an approach would strengthen free nations and democracy, stimulate a network of economic cooperation and security cooperation, and reduce aggression and move towards a better path. “This is the long-term prize: a new era of peace, security and prosperity.”

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