00:00...in Iran and the wider region and our response.
00:05Mr Speaker, the United Kingdom was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran by the US and Israel.
00:12That decision was deliberate.
00:15We believe that the best way forward for the region and for the world is a negotiated settlement
00:23in which Iran agrees to give up any aspirations to develop a nuclear weapon
00:28and ceases its destabilising activity across the region.
00:34That has been the long-standing position of successive British government.
00:41President Trump has expressed his disagreement with our decision not to get involved in the initial strikes.
00:48But it is my duty to judge what is in Britain's national interest.
00:54That is what I have done and I stand by it.
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