Boris Johnson confirms that he will attend COP27

MADRID, 1 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday that he will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) to be held next week in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on the east coast of the peninsula. from Sinai.

This was confirmed by Johnson during an interview with the British television channel Sky News, where he stressed that he has a "particular interest" in the meeting, especially because, according to him, the Glasgow World Climate Conference "has gone out of style". , COP26, held last year.

In this regard, he has argued that the Glasgow conference was "a fantastic global success" as it worked to promote "a great deal of good for the planet". Thus, Johnson has explained that he will use his appearance at the meeting in Egypt to explain the climatic position of the United Kingdom.

Johnson's statements come after the British government confirmed on Monday that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's attendance, or not, at the Summit is still "under review" after criticism of the 'premier' for announcing that he would not I would go to the appointment.

This year's Climate Summit will be held in the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula, and will end just one day after the date set for the British Executive to present its budgets, a matter key in the current political instability in the country.

The former British Prime Minister also stressed, during his interview with Sky News, that Russian President Vladimir Putin would go "crazy" if he decided to use nuclear weapons on Ukrainian soil as part of the war against kyiv.

In this way, Johnson has clarified that this would be "a total disaster" for Russia. "There is a lot of willingness to give Putin the benefit of the doubt. That will disappear the moment he does something like that," he explained, adding that he would "crucially" lose China's patronage.

In this sense, Johnson has warned about the danger that trying to "compromise" or agree in a "dirty" way with Putin could have, in reference to possible transfers of Ukrainian territory, since this could only encourage Moscow to carry out "more aggression ".

Thus, he has indicated that the use by Russia of this type of weaponry is "very, very, very unlikely", although, in the event that it occurs, he has argued that "all kinds of options" both in NATO and in the nations P3 --United States, United Kingdom and France--, to act accordingly.