Recent speeches and statements by the Prime Minister on Iraq

Read statements the Prime Minister has made on Iraq. Other resources are available by following these links:

• Foreign and Commonwealth Office Iraq pages (external link)
• Ministry of Defence Iraq operations pages (external link)
• Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction - The assessment of the British Government

2004

December

• Press conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Dr Iyad Allawi 21 December 2004

September

• Press conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister 19 September 2004

June

• PM's Press Conference in Istanbul 28 June 2004
• PM's Press Conference in Georgia 10 June 2004
• PM and President Bush Press Conference in Georgia 9 June 2004
• PM's UN speech on Iraq in Georgia 8 June 2004

April

• Press Conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister 6 April 2004

March

• Speech on the threat of global terrorism 5 March 2004
• Press Conference with King Abdullah of Jordan 2 March 2004

January

• PM statement on Hutton report 28 January 2004
• PM thanks UK armed forces in Basra visit 4 January 2004

2003

December

• PM interview with the British Forces Broadcasting Service (December 2003) 16 December 2003
• PM interview with the BBC Arabic Service (December 2003) 16 December 2003
• PM statement at Downing Street on Saddam Hussein 14 December 2003
• PM statement on capture of Saddam Hussein 14 December 2003

July

• Press Conference: PM, German Chancellor and French President in Berlin (20 Sept) 22 September 2003
• PM doorstep interview in Hong Kong (includes Mr Blair's reaction to the deaths of Saddam Hussein's two sons, Uday and Qusay) 23 July 2003

June

• PM statement on the G8 Summit (1-3 June) 4 June 2003
• PM says he is '100 per cent' behind Iraq evidence(G8 Summit) 2 June 2003

May

• PM interviewed on Iraq, WMD, Europe and the Euro 31 May 2003
• PM statement to troops in Iraq 29 May 2003
• Joint press conference: PM Tony Blair and Australian PM John Howard 7 May 2003

April

• Joint press conference: PM Tony Blair and Russian President Vladimir Putin 30 April 2003
• PM: 'The importance of the UN in post-conflict Iraq' 16 April 2003
• Joint press conference: PM Tony Blair and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder16 April 2003
• PM: A strategy for peace in Iraq 14 April 2003
• PM's message broadcast to Iraqi people 10 April 2003
• Press conference: PM Tony Blair and President George Bush 8 April 2003
• Joint statement by President Bush and Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern on Northern Ireland 08 April 2003
• PM message to Iraqi people 8 April 2003
• Joint statement by PM Tony Blair and President Bush on Iraq (April 2003) 8 April 2003
• PM interviewed for the BBC World Service (April 2003) 4 April 2003
• Prime Minister's interview with Arabic television (April 2003) 4 April 2003

March

• PM article in the Arab press (March 2003) 30 March 2003
• Joint press conference with President Bush at Camp David 27 March 2003
• PM Press Conference: Saddam and his regime will be removed 25 March 2003
• PM statement on European Council meeting 20-21 March 24 March 2003
• PM interview with British Forces Broadcasting ServicE (March 2003) 24 March 2003
• Press Conference following EU Summit in Brussels 21 March 2003
• Prime Minister's Address to the Nation 20 March 2003
• PM statement opening Iraq debate 18 March 2003
• PM outlines vision for Iraq and the Iraqi people 17 March 2003
• PM Statement following the Azores Summit 16 March 2003
• Press conference: PM Tony Blair and Portuguese PM Barroso 11 March 2003
• Press conference: PM Tony Blair and Romanian PM Nastase 11 March 2003
• Prime Minister answers Iraq questions at MTV Forum 11 March 2003

February

• Joint press conference: PM Tony Blair and Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar (February 2003) 28 February 2003
• PM statement on Iraq to House of Commons (February 2002) 25 February 2003
• PM interview on Newsnight - For a transcript of this interview go to the BBC website. 6 February 2003
• Joint press conference in Le Touquet: PM Tony Blair and President Jacques Chirac 5 February 2003
• PM's statement to Parliament following summit with President Bush 3 February 2003

January

• Joint press conference: PM Tony Blair and President George Bush 31 January 2003
• Joint press conference: PM Tony Blair and Spanish PM Jose Maria Aznar 31 January 2003
• PM speech to Foreign Office Conference in London 7 January 2003

2002

December

• PM interview with British Forces Broadcasting Service (December 2002) 20 December 2002
• Press Conference: Prime Minister Tony Blair and Syrian President Al-Asad 16 December 2002

November

• Press conference: PM Tony Blair and President George Bush (November 2002) 21 November 2002
• PM speech at the Lord Mayor's Banquet 11 November 2002
• PM statement on Iraq following UN Security Council resolution 8 November 2002

October

• PM interview with BBC World Service (October 2002) 9 October 2002

September

• Prime Minister's Iraq statement to Parliament (September 2002) 24 September 2002
• Prime Minister's speech:'Saddam Hussein is a threat that has to be dealt with' 10 September 2002

April

• PM article on the Middle East (April 2002) 10 April 2002
• Prime Minister's speech at the George Bush Senior Presidential Library 7 April 2002
• Press Conference: Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George Bush (April 2002) 6 April 2002
• Interview given by the Prime Minister Tony Blair for NBC 4 April 2002