On his second day in the job, Lammy is on a whirlwind tour of 'key partner' countries Germany, Poland and Sweden where continued support for Ukraine was high on the agenda.
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00:00The U.K.'s Foreign Secretary David Lamey has said Westminster's commitment to Ukraine is
00:07ironclad.
00:08Lamey was speaking in Hobielin after meeting his Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski,
00:14where the two ministers discussed security issues ahead of next week's NATO summit in
00:19Washington.
00:20They stressed both countries were prepared to provide long-term support to Ukraine, with
00:26Lamey saying that the U.K. took its commitment to Ukraine and NATO very, very seriously indeed.
00:32And of course what I think will be achieved over the coming days is that we demonstrate
00:41to Putin that we are there for the long haul, and that the finances to support Ukraine financially
00:55and militarily, and in terms of aid, are there, and that the alliance is firm and very
01:05importantly united.
01:08Sikorski said NATO leaders would present a united front at the 75th summit in Washington,
01:14saying Poland is a front-runner in terms of helping Ukraine.
01:41Lamey's whirlwind first trip as Foreign Secretary, which also saw him visit Germany and Sweden,
01:46aims to reset ties between the U.K. and the EU.
01:50And a reset was also on the agenda for Keir Starmer, who is visiting all four constituent
01:55nations of the United Kingdom.
01:58In Scotland on Sunday, which Starmer billed as an immediate reset with the devolved governments,
02:04he said he would seek to improve the U.K.'s trade deal with the European Union, which
02:08he called botched.