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PM meeting with the UN Secretary-General: 24 September 2019

Prime Minister Johnson met UN Secretary-General Guterres.

• From: Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Boris Johnson
• Published: 24 September 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The Prime Minister met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today at the General Assembly.

They discussed efforts to tackle climate change and the Secretary-General welcomed the UK’s leadership on this agenda.

They also discussed foreign policy issues, including Yemen, Libya and Syria. On Iran, they agreed on the importance of deescalating tensions.

More broadly the Secretary-General thanked the Prime Minister for the UK’s continued strong support for the work of the United Nations.

Published 24 September 2019