Boris Johnson stood awkwardly alone as EU leaders shook fingers forward of the Nato household picture.
A clip of the assembly reveals EU leaders greeting each other cheerfully initially of the Nato summit whereas Boris Johnson stood trying on together with his fingers in his pockets.
Emmanuel Macron may very well be seen shaking fingers and smiling with different EU leaders just a few ft from the UK prime minister who appeared round awkwardly as he waited for a greeting from the French president.
Social media customers branded the UK an “embarrassment” in response to the clip whereas others quipped that the video reveals what world leaders consider “world Britain.”
Boris Johnson stood alone whereas different EU leaders greeted one another
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Mr Johnson and Mr Macron have beforehand did not see eye to eye on the world stage.
Final September the Prime Minister advised his French counterpart to “donnez-moi un break” and recover from his anger a couple of navy pact between the UK, US and Australia which resulted in France being pushed out of a significant contract with Australia.
Whereas in December it was reported that Mr Macron referred to as Mr Johnson a “clown” in non-public dialog.
It comes as Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg opened an emergency summit bringing collectively Biden and different leaders by saying that the alliance is decided to proceed to ratchet up the prices on Russia for its aggression.
Mr Johnson and Mr Macron have publicly disagreed prior to now
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To maintain up the stress on Russia, president Zelenskyy stated he would ask in a video convention with Nato members that the alliance present “efficient and unrestricted” help to Ukraine, together with any weapons the nation wants.
Russia “needs to go additional towards japanese members of Nato, the Baltic states and Poland for certain,” president Zelenskiy stated in a pre-recorded video handle to the summit.
“However Nato has but to indicate what the alliance can do to avoid wasting folks,” he added.
Chatting with broadcasters after touchdown in Belgium’s capital, Boris Johnson stated Vladimir Putin had doubled down on his “path of violence and aggression.”
US President Joe Biden and Mr Macron converse throughout a household picture alternative earlier than a Nato summit to debate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
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“We have to tighten the financial vice round Putin, sanctioning extra folks right now, as we’re, sanctioning the Wagner Group, taking a look at what we will do to cease Putin utilizing his gold reserves, and likewise doing extra to assist the Ukrainians defend themselves.”
The overseas workplace stated it was sanctioning 65 extra entities and people, together with Russian billionaire Eugene Shvidler and Galina Danilchenko, who was put in by Moscow because the mayor of occupied Melitopol in south-east Ukraine.
The Wagner Group plans to assassinate Mr Zelensky as his forces proceed to place up a far stronger resistance than many anticipated, it has been warned.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
