Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has for the UK to develop and undertake a leadership role within the Three Seas Initiative.

The UK Government continues to support the aims of the Three Seas Initiative. Improving infrastructure connectivity, including on energy, in the Baltics and Central Eastern Europe has a renewed urgency following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and contributes to strengthening wider European security. The Foreign Secretary will attend the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Riga this summer, alongside a Trade Commissioner-led UK Business Delegation, demonstrating UK commitment to the region and promoting UK business.