Nicola Sturgeon and Rishi Sunak are set to meet for the first time in person since the Prime Minister replaced Liz Truss in Downing Street last month.
The First Minister has already spoken to Sunak on the phone following his appointment as Conservative leader, however the meeting at the British-Irish Council summit in Blackpool will give Sturgeon the chance to raise some of the biggest issues facing her government.
Sunak will be the first PM to attend the opening of the summit since 2007. Ahead of the gathering Sunak will hold a bilateral meeting with the Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Sturgeon and the First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford.
