PM statement at G7: 26 August 2019
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a statement at the G7 Summit.

I바카라 사이트™d like to thank President Macron for an incredibly stylish and highly effective Summit that he바카라 사이트™s just hosted for us here in Biarritz.
Every conversation that I바카라 사이트™ve had with my fellow leaders, I바카라 사이트™ve been struck by their enthusiasm to expand and strengthen their relations with our country 바카라 사이트“ whether that바카라 사이트™s on trade or security or defence, science and indeed the growing opportunities we바카라 사이트™ve had to collaborate in space and technology.
We바카라 사이트™ve also spoken in Biarritz about the biggest global challenges confronting us all today and these are things that I think very much matter to the people in the UK.
We바카라 사이트™ve been talking about biodiversity. We바카라 사이트™ve got to stop the tragic loss of habitats and species that is happening around the world. We can바카라 사이트™t just sit back as animals and plants are wiped off the face of the planet.
The world바카라 사이트™s animal populations have declined by about 60% in the last fifty years 바카라 사이트“ about a million species are now facing extinction.
And we바카라 사이트™ve seen in the Amazon rainforest the tragic increase in fires which are made more likely by deforestation. And that바카라 사이트™s why today I바카라 사이트™ve announce £10 million in new funding to protect and restore the rainforest in Brazil.
With one million birds and 100,000 mammals losing their lives every year from eating or getting tangled in ocean plastic 바카라 사이트“ we바카라 사이트™ve got to do much more to protect the oceans, and today I바카라 사이트™ve announced £7 million for the Blue Belt programme to extend our work to protect the vital marine ecosystems in conservation areas in overseas territories.
And don바카라 사이트™t forget Britain has the fifth biggest marine estate in the world.
If we don바카라 사이트™t act now our children and our grandchildren will never know a world with the Great Barrier Reef, or the Sumatran Tiger or the Black Rhino.
And so next year at the biodiversity COP 바카라 사이트“ the Summit in China 바카라 사이트“ the so called aichi targets must, in our view, be replaced with new, more ambitious targets to help us get back the biodiversity that this planet is losing, and has lost.
And I바카라 사이트™m pleased that the G7 Summit today in Biarritz has accepted those UK ideas, those proposals for biodiversity targets, for humanity to set targets to stop the reduction of habitats and species. And obviously we are going to follow up on that at the COP Summit in the UK if we바카라 사이트™re lucky enough to get that and I very much believe that we will.
There바카라 사이트™s one issue underpinning all that which I believe holds the key to tackling so many global problems and that is the vital importance of educating girls and I바카라 사이트™m very pleased that here at the G7 people, everybody, every delegation has supported the UK바카라 사이트™s campaign to give every girl in the world 12 years of quality education.
Today I announced funding to give 600,000 children in the world바카라 사이트™s most dangerous countries, where girls are twice as likely as boys to be out of school, the opportunity to go to school for the first time.
We discussed Iran, and we are all agreed that Iran should never under any circumstances be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. And there is clearly an opportunity for Iran to now come back into compliance with a nuclear deal 바카라 사이트“ the JCPOA 바카라 사이트“ and to resume dialogue as well as to cease its disruptive behaviour in the region.
We expressed, collectively, deep concern about what is happening in Hong Kong, and the G7 nations all want to support a stable and a prosperous Hong Kong. And we remain collectively committed to the one country two systems framework.
And I was pleased that was reflected in the conclusions of the Summit, which was as I say very productive indeed.
People can quarrel with Summits and with world leaders coming together in this way for discussions about the wide ranging issues we have had 바카라 사이트“ but I really think that if the leaders who have been gathered together in Biarritz over the last couple of days really follow through on these discussions, and really mean what they say in the conclusions, I think it will make a real difference to the issues that the people in our country care very deeply about.
So I thank you very much for sticking with it. I know it바카라 사이트™s been a long old Summit, but I바카라 사이트™d like to take your questions now.