Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the political and security situation in Ukraine.

We continue to raise the situation in Ukraine with our European counterparts. On 28-29 November, the Foreign Secretary attended the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, where he set out UK ambition on Ukraine and the need to increase defence industrial production. At the NATO-Ukraine Council, he emphasised that Allies must sustain their support and continue taking practical steps towards Ukraine's membership. In Brussels, he discussed support for Ukraine with Maros Sefcovic, Vice-President of the European Commission. On 29 November, the Foreign Secretary met foreign ministers before the The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial Council, emphasising that the UK would continue to stand with Ukraine and provide moral, diplomatic, economic and military support.