UK PM Johnson backs better relations with Russia in call with Putin, urging Moscow to bring forward new climate change targets

tensions over

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that his country wants to see relations with Russia improve despite recent tensions over alleged poisonings on British soil, as part of diplomatic outreach to bolster environmental efforts.

On Monday, in his first two-way call with his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin in a year and a half, Johnson said that two nations have a responsibility to work together. A statement from Downing Street released after the conversation said that the British prime minister “was clear that the UK’s current relationship with Russia is not the one we want.”

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