Is in israel for his two day visit to the middle east. He has just sat down with his israeli counterpart, benjamin netanyahu, who welcomed him to the country. Earlier, mr sunak met israeli president isaac herzog and expressed personal condolences over the loss of life. He told the president that the uk stands in solidarity with israel and backed its right to defend itself. Mr sunak said they agreed on the importance of getting aid to ordinary palestinians in gaza and stressed the need to avoid Futher Escalation across the region. Iam glad i am glad we have had the chance to talk. Palestinians are victims of what hamas has done, and it is important that we continue to provide humanitarian access. I welcomed the announcement yesterday. We in the uk have announced further aid that we are prepared to bring into the region, and we are keen to see that that gets to those who need it to enable, as you say, when people have been asked to leave, to protect civilian life, which is the right thin
If it happens, god forbid, will end, not because your land will be divided and you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure, but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. Its no secret that mr zelensky is eager for ukraine to be allowed into nato. But the road to becoming a member is still a long one. Earlier, my colleague Catiriona Perry spoke with nato secretary Generaljens Stoltenberg about ukraines membership bid, and overall allied Military Support. Well, many, many countries, more than countries, are part of the us led effort to provide unprecedented level of Military Support to ukraine, united kingdom, many other nato allies, and this strong support to ukraine has enabled them to push back the russian invaders, to liberate the territory and now also conducting an offensive which is gradually gaining ground. So, nobody knows how long this war will last but we have seen that ukrainians have been able to make progress, not least because of the
And you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure, but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. Mr zelensky wont return home just yet. Already hes had a full schedule in the us, as he presses for more international support. On monday, he visited ukrainian soldiers undergoing rehabilitation here, in new york. On the sidelines of the General Assembly, hell also meet with various Heads Of States and officials. Then on thursday, zelensky is expected to travel to washington to meet us President Joe Biden as well as leaders of congress. Mr zelensky also dismissed efforts to broker a peace deal without ukraines involvement, characterizing russia as an unreliable partner and saying, evil cannot be trusted. In his address to the General Assembly, mr biden also took aim at the kremlin. If we allow ukraine to be carved up is the independence of any nation secure . I would respectfully suggest the answer is no. We have to stand up to this naked aggression tod