Sunak arrives in Germany for security conference

Rishi Sunak’s plane has landed in Munich, Germany, ahead of a security summit to discuss the conflict in Ukraine. 

The Prime Minister will give a speech and meet with a number of world leaders while at the conference.

He is expected to say it is time for the West to give Ukraine ‘advanced, Nato-standard capabilities’ to defeat Russian troops and that more needs to be done to ‘boost Ukraine’s long-term security’ as Vladimir Putin’s invasion approaches its one-year anniversary. 

It comes after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Britain, Paris and Brussels last week where he urged the West to provide F-16 fighter jets for his air force.

Mr Sunak is expected to say: ‘We need to do more to boost Ukraine’s long-term security,’ Mr Sunak is scheduled to say in his speech.

‘We must give them the advanced, Nato-standard capabilities that they need for the future.

‘And we must demonstrate that we’ll remain by their side, willing and able to help them defend their country again and again.

‘What is at stake in this war is even greater than the security and sovereignty of one nation. It’s about the security and sovereignty of every nation.’

He will add: ‘What is at stake in this war is even greater than the security and sovereignty of one nation. It’s about the security and sovereignty of every nation.

‘Because Russia’s invasion, its abhorrent war crimes and irresponsible nuclear rhetoric are symptomatic of a broader threat to everything we believe in.’

Mr Sunak is hoping to meet the French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference later today.

He is also expected to meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to talk about a deal to fix the Northern Ireland Protocol.