Truss warns Russia against ‘weaponising’ the Global Economy at UN debut

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#USA, September 27, 2022 – In pursuit of a democratic future and a stance against a ‘desperate’ Vladimir Putin, Liz Truss the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom says her country will be cutting off ‘toxic power and pipelines from authoritarian regimes’, and boosting its spending on weapons for defense.

Truss was making her debut speech as new Prime Minister at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, last weekend.  Similarly to her predecessor Boris Johnson she condemned Russia and Autocratic regimes and vowed support for Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’

Truss stressed that the UK would be completely turning its back on Russian energy in the very near future.

“We will ensure we cannot be coerced or harmed by the reckless actions of rogue actors abroad. We will transition to a future based on renewable and nuclear energy while ensuring that the gas used during that transition is from reliable sources including our own North Sea production.” She said, “We won’t be strategically dependent on those who seek to weaponise the global economy.”

She described the invasion as a catastrophic failure and President Putin as making ‘bogus claims and sabre-rattling threats’ versus Ukraine’s dignified fight.

“The story of 2022 could have been that of an authoritarian state rolling its tanks over the border of a peaceful neighbour and subjugating its people. Instead, it is the story of freedom fighting back.” She said.

The Prime minister hinted at new partnerships with small states encouraging the UN to ‘collectively extend a hand of friendship’ to states that had in the past  ‘too often been left behind and left vulnerable to global challenges’ specifically mentioning Caribbean Island states dealing with the impact of climate change.

Truss maintained this era would be one of “hope and progress”.