Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said parties should work to ease tensions in the region. — Reuters pic
LONDON, Jan 7 — Britain keeps the protection of its armed forces under constant review, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today when asked whether his government would withdraw troops from Iraq over tension in the Middle East.
At a meeting of his cabinet team of top ministers, Johnson reiterated his view that parties should work to ease tensions in the region after Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday.
Cabinet, the spokesman said, agreed that Soleimani was responsible for a pattern of destabilising behaviour in the region and was a threat to Britain’s interests. — Reuters
