Liz Truss to attend summit of new club of nations

The PM is set to attend her first meeting of a new political club of nations, where she will assert the UK’s role in Europe. 

More than 40 countries will be at the summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Prague, where leaders will discuss energy, migration and security – and there’ll be a focus on the war in Ukraine. 

PM Liz Truss will say Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means Europe is facing its “biggest crisis since the Second World War.” 

PM Truss has had her recent Tory Party conference overshadowed by divisions and scandals and economic fallout from her mini-budget. 

The meetings Truss will hold with European leaders are vital in establishing a new phase in the UK’s post-Brexit relations with Europe.

The UK, Switzerland, Turkey, Norway, Iceland, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Western Balkan countries are among non-EU members who will join the first gathering of the EPC, along with all 27 EU member states.