The leaders reviewed their shared dedication to the unique partnership in between the UK and United States.
London:
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer informed United States President Joe Biden on Friday that British support for Ukraine’s battle with Russia was “unwavering”, in a very first telephone call hours after Britain’s brand-new leader took cost.
“The leaders reiterated their steadfast commitment to Ukraine and the prime minister underscored that the UK’s support for Ukraine was unwavering,” Starmer’s Downing Street workplace stated in a readout.
“The leaders discussed their shared commitment to the special relationship between the UK and US, and their aligned ambitions for greater economic growth,” the declaration included.
It stated Starmer “looked forward to working side by side across the breadth of the relationship, including the AUKUS partnership and ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific”.
The UK, United States and Australia have actually built a brand-new protection partnership in recent times referred to as AUKUS, which is viewed as largely focused on responding to China’s expanding army stamina in the Asia-Pacific area.
The telephone call in between the British and American leaders comes simply days prior to they will certainly scrub shoulders following week in Washington at a NATO top.
Biden had actually earlier praised Starmer on leading his centre-left Labour event to a landslide basic political election triumph.
“I look forward to our shared work in support of freedom and democracy around the world, and to further strengthening the special relationship between our two countries,” Biden stated on X.
The UK readout stated both leaders likewise “reflected on their shared commitment to protecting the gains of the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement,” describing Northern Ireland’s decades-old tranquility bargain that Washington assisted safeguard.
The accord has actually come to be stressed in recent times by Britain’s departure from the European Union.
That has actually left Northern Ireland with the UK’s only land boundary with the EU, along the delicate Irish boundary.
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