The name of the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the leader of the Conservative Party will be announced today.
Among the candidates, Foreign Minister Liz Truss has promised that the first person she will call in case of her victory will be Vladimir Zelensky. During the election campaign, Truss announced that she intended to ensure the defeat of the Kremlin in the war against Ukraine.
The other candidate, former Minister of Finance Rishi Sunak, has actively participated in developing financial assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the war. During his tenure as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Great Britain imposed one of the most robust packages of sanctions against Russia.
At 15:30 Yerevan time, it will be known who will replace Johnson and become the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
