Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has held recent bilateral discussions with counterparts from (a) NATO, (b) Russia and (c) Ukraine on the security situation involving Russia and Ukraine.

The Foreign Secretary spoke with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on 28 December. She also attended a virtual meeting with NATO Foreign Ministers on 7 January. The first NATO-Russia Council (NRC) in two and a half years took place on Wednesday 12 January.

The Prime Minister spoke to President Putin on 25 October, and again on 13 December. The Foreign Secretary met Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov on 2 December.

The Foreign Secretary is in regular contact with her Ukrainian counterpart Foreign Minister Kuleba: as well as hosting him in London on 8 December, they spoke on 26 November, 1 December and most recently on 4 January. She will visit Ukraine in the next few weeks for further discussions. The Prime Minister spoke to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on 13 January.