Representative of the Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf took the oath of office as Scotland’s first minister on Wednesday, Sky News reported.
“Humza Yousaf took the oath of office as Scotland’s first minister,” the channel reports.
He accepted the post from Nicola Sturgeon, who had been Scotland’s first minister for a long time. She announced her resignation from the post earlier this year.
Yousaf won Monday’s election as leader of the ruling Scottish National Party. Normally, the first minister becomes the ruling party’s nominee.
Yousaf is 37 years old, making him the youngest leader of the Scottish National Party and the first Scottish minister. In addition, he is the first leader of this region of Great Britain with roots in South Asia, and the first to practice Islam. He was born in Glasgow and graduated from university in that city. His father was born in Pakistan and immigrated to Scotland in the 1960s with his family. Yousaf’s mother was born in Kenya to a family of South Asian origin.
The Western media noted that Humza Yousaf had pledged to continue campaigning for Scottish independence.
he Welsh government has allocated GBP 35 million for military assistance to Ukraine, Scotland has allocated GBP 65 million. Wales has accepted 3,000 Ukrainian refugees, Scotland – 6,000, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. “The Welsh Government has contributed £35m to our military support for Ukraine, and Welsh families have taken in 3,000 refugees,” Johnson said on Twitter Monday.
According to him, he discussed with the First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford the continuation of joint work against Russian aggression.
Johnson also wrote that he also talked with the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.
“I’ve just spoken to Nicola Sturgeon to herald the success of UK collaboration supporting Ukraine. I thanked the Scottish Government’s £65 million contribution in upping UK’s military aid to Ukraine to £2.3 billion & efforts to help house 6,000 Ukrainian refugees,” he wrote.
Earlier, materials appeared in the media that allegedly the Welsh government did not agree on the allocation of GBP 35 million as part of a new package of British military assistance to Ukraine for GBP 1 billion.
