President William Ruto held a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 25.
This was the first time that Ruto was meeting the new PM who was elected in July.
According to a statement by the UK government, the two leaders discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and partnership between the two countries.
The two leaders also discussed initiatives aimed at addressing climate change effects.
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"They agreed to take forward work to further strengthen the bilateral relationship, building on the existing Strategic Partnership between our two countries," read the statement in part.
"In particular, both leaders shared their determination to deliver world-leading action to tackle climate change and accelerate the energy transition."
Meanwhile, PM Starmer was revealed to have praised Ruto specifically for his role in championing initiatives for climate change.
Some of the initiatives that Ruto has led include planting 15 billion trees and hosting the Africa Climate Summit 2023.
"The Prime Minister praised President Ruto’s extensive and pioneering leadership in this area, both in Kenya and through his international work across Africa and the world to accelerate the clean energy transition, and reiterated his ambition to turn the UK into a clean energy superpower," the UK government added in its statement.
"Both looked forward to working together more closely and agreed to take forward work to champion clean power internationally– including leveraging the power of private sector investment and international financial institution reform to deliver on their climate ambitions."
