PM meeting with Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer: 21 May 2024
This morning [Tuesday 21 May] the Prime Minister met with Chancellor of Austria Karl Nehammer at the Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz in Vienna.
The leaders聽discussed their deepening partnership,聽spanning聽security,聽counter聽terrorism聽and聽the聽pressing issue of illegal migration.聽They聽agreed that working with designated safe third countries is part of the聽answer to聽protecting Europe from聽the impact of illegal migration聽and聽preventing聽people from making聽perilous聽journeys 鈥� such as the聽UK鈥檚 innovative聽Rwanda style model.
The Prime Minister said thinking outside the box was crucial to implementing more robust frameworks to deal with migration, and they agreed stronger action must be taken to end the vile people smuggling trade.
They looked forward to discussing this further at the European Political Community Summit in July.
Turning to the Middle East, they discussed聽the ICC鈥檚 decision to submit an application for warrants. The Prime Minister said it was a deeply unhelpful development and the leaders agreed there could be no equivalence between the right of a democratically state to defend itself and the actions of a terrorist organisation.