SIR KEIR STARMER, PRIME MINISTER, UNITED KINGDOM // LEADERS' VIEWS
Alliances and deterrence underpin the UK’s evolving strategy T he UK and the US are close allies and close partners. That relation- ship matters profoundly – not just to our security, but to the prosper- ity and the stability that people here at home depend on … Mature alliances are not about pre- tending differences don’t exist; they
approach is rooted in a simple belief: that we must use every tool of government – domestic and interna- tional – to fight for the interests of ordinary people. Statement on international affairs and cost of living, 19 January 2026 Russia has proved its appetite for aggression, bringing terrible suffering to the Ukrainian people … We must be able to deter aggres- sion. And yes, if necessary, we must be ready to fight … We must move forward together to create a more European NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] … Europe is a sleeping giant. Our economies dwarf Russia more than ten times over … And we have shown that we can coordinate in great effect, as was just set out. Supporting Ukraine in a way that Putin never really imagined. Cre- ating the Coalition of the Willing,
That remains the primary aim of the United Kingdom and our allies. Statement on Iran, 28 February 2026 We cannot allow the war in the Gulf to turn into a windfall for Putin. Now, it’s clear the US operation has massively weakened the military capa- bility of the abhorrent regime in Iran … When the fighting stops we are going to need some sort of negotiated agree- ment to constrain the threat posed by Iran, to limit their ability… to rebuild their nuclear programme … To pose a ballis- tic missile threat… And arm their proxy militias – And limit the threat they can pose to international shipping – Which is hitting global supplies of oil, of gas and fertiliser which is pushing up prices here at home … So, we are working with all of our allies, including our European partners, to bring together a viable, collective plan… That can restore freedom of naviga- tion in the region as quickly as possible … And ease the economic impacts … Because until we get ourselves off the rollercoaster of international oil and gas markets … And onto clean, homegrown British energy … Tyrants like Putin and the Ayatollahs will be free to attack our energy security. Press conference, Downing Street, 16 March 2026 The most effective way we can support the cost of living in Britain is to push for de-escalation in the Middle East and a re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz … The Foreign Secretary and the Chan- cellor have met their counterparts in the G7 … And the UK has now brought together 35 nations around our statement of intent to push, as one, for maritime security across the Gulf … To restore freedom of navigation, guarantee the safety of trapped ships and seafarers and to resume the move- ment of vital commodities. To look at how we can marshal our capabilities … And make the Strait accessible and safe after the fighting has stopped. Press conference, Downing Street, 1 April 2026
are about addressing them directly, respectfully, and with a focus on results … Any decision about the future status of Greenland belongs to the people of Green- land and the Kingdom of Denmark alone. That right is fundamental, and we will support it … In the Middle East,
which now covers almost all of Europe, as well as Canada and our friends in the Asia-Pacific … We want to bring our
leadership in defence, tech and AI [artificial intelligence] together with Europe to multiply our strengths and build a shared industrial base across our continent which could turbocharge our defence production. That requires lead-
we welcome President Trump’s focus on sus- taining the ceasefire in Gaza and moving onto Phase 2 … On Ukraine, ... we strongly support efforts to bring the killing to an end and to secure a ceasefire as soon as possible. We … will work closely with the United States, Ukraine, and our other allies to apply pressure where it belongs: on [Russian president Vladimir] Putin … In today’s world, geopolitics is not something that happens some- where else. It shapes the cost of energy, the price of food, the security of jobs, and the stability that families rely on to plan their lives. When war drives up fuel prices, it is households who feel it first … That is why this Government’s
ership. To drive greater coherence and coordina- tion across Europe. That is what we’re doing with Germany and France … working closely with EU partners, particularly Italy and Poland as well as with Norway, Canada and Turkey … So we must look at where we can move closer to the single market in other sectors as well … Munich Security Conference, 14 February 2026 The regime in Iran is utterly abhorrent. They have murdered thousands of their own people, brutally crushed dis- sent, and sought to destabilise the region … They must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon.
12 // G7 FRANCE: THE ÉVIAN SUMMIT 2026
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