Outlining his priorities following his appointment, Lammy highlighted that the world is currently facing "major challenges", with more countries engaged in conflict than at any time since World War II. Are.

"This Government will reconnect Britain to our security and prosperity at home. What happens here at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is essential."

"Diplomacy matters. We will start with a reset with Europe, climate and the Global South. And a gear-shift when it comes to European security, global security and British growth," Lamy said in a statement. Let's start together." By Britain's Foreign Ministry on Saturday.

The 51-year-old Labor Party politician promised that the new government is committed to working people and building a better future for all.

"It is the honor of my lifetime to stand before you as Foreign Secretary. A descendant of enslaved people. A black, working-class, man from Tottenham. A community that has never produced a Foreign Secretary before. It shows that a modern, multicultural Britain can be proudly internationalist,” he said.

Lammy also noted that Britain has "enormous potential" and change begins now – a slogan with which the Keir Starmer-led party fought the general election.