The PM will fly to the country soon to hold talks on energy supply.
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, energy and fuel prices were on the rise across the West.
"Vladamir Putin over the last years has been like a pusher, feeding an addiction in Western countries to his hydrocarbons," he said.After the mass execution in Saudi Arabia, some have called for the PM to cancel his trip. Pushed on the human rights record of Saudi Arabia, Mr Johnson said part of building "long-term security of energy supply" in the UK was to make sure in the "short-term... sure we are not as dependent in the West as we currently are on Russian oil and gas".
He added: "We need to make sure we build the strongest. widest possible collation to ensure Vladimir Putin does not succeed, that we wean ourselves off Russian hydrocarbons, and that's what the UK is helping to do."
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