UK FM David Lammy Discusses Areas Of Agreement On Gaza With U.S. During Visit By JD Vance

During a meeting with Vice President JD Vance, UK FM David Lammy discussed Gaza and areas of agreement with the U.S.

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00:00Can I just ask just one more question, just one, to the Foreign Secretary?

00:03The Foreign Secretary, yes. I'm done answering questions.

00:06Foreign Secretary, the UK has taken a different tack on the situation in Palestine and the United States.

00:13Do you feel that your friendship with the Vice President might help, you know, have a discussion about ceasefire in Gaza?

00:20You know, Prime Minister Starmer is either meeting or discussing these issues with President Trump on a weekly basis.

00:32And I am doing the same with Secretary of State Rubio or Vice President Vance.

00:38And the truth is, what we all want to see is a ceasefire.

00:42What we all want to see are the hostages come out.

00:45And we are hugely concerned by the humanitarian suffering that we're seeing in Gaza particularly.

00:54So it is bringing that to an end that we want to see.

00:58I am concerned about what is developing in Gaza at this time and the recent decision by the Cabinet.

01:08I am hugely concerned, as I think a lot of Israeli people are, about the impact particularly on the hostages.

01:17And we'll be able to discuss these issues in the hours ahead.

01:20Thank you very much.

01:21Thank you all for this.

01:22Thanks for having me.

01:22Thank you very much.

01:23Thank you for us.

01:26Have you guys learned anything from each other?

01:28We learned a lot.

01:29I learned a lot from you.

01:31Thank you very much.

01:32Enjoy the cut and thrust of politics is what excites me.

01:38Look, the truth is, I was blessed to go to Harvard.

01:42And I think the Vice President went to the university not quite as good.

01:46That's right.

01:47Yeah.

01:47And so we enjoy that political debate and discussion particularly.

01:54But, you know, there are areas where there are actually joint concern.

02:00We both have a joint concern about outcomes for working people.

02:06That is the truth of it.

02:07Absolutely.

02:08And we have also discussed issues like irregular and illegal migration and how we deal with those issues.

02:17So there are commonalities and then there are differences.

02:20And that is the joy of living in democracies like ours.