PM meeting with President Ramaphosa: 27 June 2022
Prime Minister Boris Johnson met South African President Ramaphosa at the G7 Summit in Germany today.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister met South African President Ramaphosa at the G7 Summit in Germany today.
He began by updating the President on last week鈥檚 successful Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
皇冠体育app leaders agreed on the imperative for the world鈥檚 richest economies to support developing countries to build clean and green infrastructure. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister commended the work being done through the South Africa Just Energy Transition Partnership and confirmed the UK will contribute up to $1.8bn towards it. 皇冠体育app JETP which will accelerate South Africa鈥檚 transition to a green economy.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Ramaphosa agreed that South Africa has enormous potential to follow in the UK鈥檚 footsteps and phase out the use of coal, and all the raw materials it needs to achieve green and sustainable growth.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Ramaphosa discussed the ongoing atrocities being committed in Ukraine. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister underlined the far reaching consequences of Putin鈥檚 aggression, in particular its impact on global food and energy prices 鈥� an impact the developing world is bearing the brunt of. 皇冠体育app leaders agreed on the urgent need for Putin to open up a safe passage for grain to leave Ukraine and reaffirmed their support for the UN efforts on this.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister stressed that Putin must fail in Ukraine to prevent the creeping normalisation of his flagrant disregard for sovereignty and human rights.