Appearing at a London news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Johnson was asked if he was going to apologize for his disobliging remarks about world leaders.
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On Syria, Mr Johnson said a “clear plan” was in place but that the situation on the ground was “dire”.
Why had he dismissed US President Barack Obama’s concerns about Britain’s European Union referendum as the prejudices of a “half-Kenyan” anti-imperialist?
He reiterated his country’s stance that Bashar Assad should step down.
“We want to build on a very positive partnership that we have with Germany, and those positive relations will underline what i do as prime minister – and everything my ministers do across the United Kingdom government”.
The U.S. State Department said the meeting between them “reaffirms strength of U.S. -UK special relationship”.
Johnson, a former journalist with a talent for trenchant comments that his critics say sometimes tip over into untruth, said his utterances over a three-decade career had often been “misconstrued”.
Speaking on Monday, Mr Johnson said: “We must be more active, more engaged and more outward-looking, so I am delighted to have this early opportunity to welcome my worldwide counterparts to London for important meetings on the conflicts in Syria and Yemen. The global community, including Russian Federation, must be united on this”, Johnson will say, according to remarks released by his office before the meeting.
For his part, Johnson welcomed Kerry to London.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday America was ready to launch unofficial free trade agreement negotiations with Britain within the next two years, in parallel with London’s exit negotiations with the European Union (EU).
Kerry and Johnson, who is due in Washington later this week, will also meet foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates late Tuesday to discuss the conflict in Yemen.
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Edwin Samuel said in a statement that the tactics used by the Syrian regime in besieging cities, and lately Aleppo, is a weapon of war. And, he added, “The whole country is facing a humanitarian catastrophe”.
