PM to visit Saudi Arabia in bid to ditch Russian oil
BBC News says PM Boris Johnson will meet leaders in Saudi Arabia later as he tries to build an “international coalition” against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The PM will discuss securing energy supplies from the region, saying the world needed to “wean itself off” Russian oil and gas.
But Mr Johnson faced criticism for going on the trip due to the Saudi government’s human rights record.
On Saturday, they carried out a mass execution of 81 men in one day.
A number of MPs called on the PM to cancel his visit.
But Mr Johnson said if the West was going to “avoid being blackmailed” by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, it needed to move away from using his country’s hydrocarbons and explore other partnerships.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60754163
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