PM: Iran must never obtain nuclear weapons

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In a statement on the G7 and Nato summits, the Prime Minister said: “There is now a window for peace. We urge Iran and Israel to honour the ceasefire and seize this opportunity to stabilise the region.” Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Mr Speaker, for decades it has been the stated policy of the UK and our allies that Iran

00:07must never obtain a nuclear weapon.

00:11No one who cares about the security of our country or the future of the Middle East could

00:17live with that eventuality.

00:20For decades we have worked to prevent it, and on Saturday night the US took a big step

00:27towards resolving that threat.

00:30There is also an opportunity now to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, and we must seize it.

00:38Mr Speaker, I have been discussing this with other leaders, and we will keep pushing to

00:43put the region on a better path.

00:46Yesterday NATO allies stepped up as well to meet this moment and create an alliance which

00:53is stronger, fairer and more lethal than ever.

00:59Together we signed a new defence investment pledge of 5 per cent of GDP by 2035.

01:07It has kept this country safe for decades.

01:10But we recognise the grim reality today that the nuclear threat is growing.

01:17So we are renewing our existing at-sea capability, and we are going still further.

01:23I can tell the House today that we will procure at least 12 F-35A fast jets, and we will make

01:30them available to bear nuclear weapons if necessary.

01:34There is a path to a just and lasting peace, but it will only come through flipping the pressure

01:41onto Putin.

01:43His position is weaker than he claims.

01:46So I urged all our partners, including the US, to step up the pressure now, with more sanctions

01:53and more military support, to bring Russia to the table to agree an unconditional ceasefire

02:00leading to serious negotiations.

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