MOSCOW, October 25. /TASS/: Russia does not see any "preconditions, grounds, or hope" for building more constructive relations with Great Britain in the foreseeable future, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, commenting on the appointment of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s new prime minister.
"No, at present, we do not see any preconditions, grounds or hopes for some positive shifts in the foreseeable future," the Russian presidential spokesman said, commenting on the prospects of warmer relations between the two countries with the appointment of the UK’s new premier.
Meanwhile, Russia is maintaining its openness and readiness for discussing the most complex issues at the negotiating table but not to the detriment of its national interests, Peskov emphasized.
Sunak was announced as the UK Conservative Party’s new leader on Monday after his two rivals, British ex-PM Boris Johnson and leader of the House of Commons Penny Mordaunt said that they would not run for the post of head of the government. As British media outlets reported, neither Johnson nor Mordaunt appeared to be gaining the required 100 votes of Conservative MPs to get to the next round of the parliamentary voting.
Sunak became the first UK premier appointed by British King Charles III who ascended to the throne after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer entered 10 Downing Street, replacing Liz Truss, who on October 20 had announced that she would quit after her botched economic policy had fueled further discontent among her party members. She had occupied the top post of the nation’s PM for just 45 days, the shortest tenure on record in Britain’s history.
