03 Sep Foreign Office confirms David Cameron will raise Russian anti-gay laws with Putin at G20
Prime Minster David Cameron is to raise concerns over Russia’s anti-gay laws introduced in June, when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at this week’s G20 meeting in St Petersburg.
The Foreign Office has confirmed that Mr Cameron will raise the legislation, which bans the promotion of “non-traditional relationships”, when he travels to St Petersburg this week.
Margot James, the first openly lesbian Conservative Party MP, tweeted that the Foreign Office has confirmed that Mr Cameron would raise the concerns at the G20 in St Petersburg later this week.
Europe Minister confirms that PM will raise anti gay discriminatory legislation and attacks on gay people with President Putin at the G20
President Vladimir Putin signed the law in June banning the promotion of “non-traditional relationships” toward minors, a move that has been criticised as part of a broader crackdown on Russia’s gay community. Other laws banning the adoption of Russian children by foreign same-sex couples, and one which enables organisations receiving funding from abroad to be fined as “foreign agents”, were also passed.
President Barack Obama is also reportedly to meet LGBT activists in the Russian city of St Petersburg during his trip to the city as part of a G20 Heads of Government meeting.
BuzzFeed made the claim citing Russian LGBT activists. The US State Department has declined to comment on the story.
Protests have taken place around the globe, including in London, as well as in Germany and Denmark, in an attempt to push G20 Government leaders to take action against anti-gay laws in Russia.
Out4Russia, launched last week and allows users to lobby G20 governments into action against the Russian law.
Source: pink news