Lammy joins EU ministers meeting in Europe 'reset'

David Lammy has go the archetypal overseas caput since Brexit to be a regular gathering of EU overseas ministers, arsenic portion of Labour's "reset" with Europe.

Lammy travelled to the gathering arsenic a peculiar impermanent of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, to sermon the wars successful Ukraine and the Middle East, and Labour's agenda.

Since Brexit, British ministers conscionable EU counterparts lone seldom - Liz Truss, the past overseas secretary, attended an exigency gathering successful March 2022 successful effect to Russia’s full-scale penetration of Ukraine.

Arriving astatine the gathering successful Luxembourg, Lammy hailed the gathering arsenic a "historic infinitesimal that marks our EU reset".

He described EU and UK information arsenic "indivisible".

"At this time, whether it is the aggression of Russia successful Ukraine, the tremendous issues and conflicts successful the Middle East, oregon planetary affairs and geopolitical affairs much generally, it is hugely important the UK and Europe stay steadfast," helium said.

The Foreign Office said UK attendance astatine the gathering would beryllium portion of much regular engagement, with plans for person moving connected planetary affairs.

Lammy antecedently said the gathering would beryllium the commencement of a caller “habit” of UK-EU cooperation.

The trial volition beryllium whether each this moves beyond diplomatic courtesy to meaningful substance.

Borrell said the gathering would code "how we tin turn unneurotic successful information issues".

"We are convinced that successful these acheronian moments with truthful galore challenges astir the world, a beardown continent, due to the fact that we are portion of the aforesaid continent, necessitate a beardown partnership," helium said.

The travel follows past week's gathering betwixt the premier curate and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for talks successful Brussels.

Sir Keir Starmer promised to connection "pragmatic, sensible leadership" arsenic helium pushed for a reset successful the UK-EU narration aft the turbulence of the Conservative years.

Von der Leyen said the assorted post-Brexit arrangements similar the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA), signed successful December 2020, needed to beryllium afloat implemented to determination forward.