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Foreign Secretary visits Berlin for talks with the German Minister for Foreign Affairs

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt held talks with his German counterpart Heiko Maas in Berlin today (July 23).

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
Published
23 July 2018
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shaking hands with German Foreign Secretary Heiko Maas

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shakes hands with German Foreign Secretary Heiko Maas.

Mr Hunt met with German Foreign Minister Mr Heiko Maas to discuss a range of issues of shared interest. These included the UK’s exit from the EU, and UK-German co-operation on foreign policy issues such as NATO, the Western Balkans, Iran, and joint work at the UN Security Council, which Germany will join as a non-permanent member next year.

Ahead of the meeting, the Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:

Germany is one of Britain’s most important allies in every field, from trade to European security to counter-terrorism. Our 2 countries work side-by-side to defend the rules-based international system on which our safety and prosperity depend.

We are striving together to preserve the Iran nuclear deal, uphold the Paris Climate Change Treaty, strengthen NATO, combat terrorism, improve cyber security and stabilise the countries of the Western Balkans.

We will also discuss the UK’s exit from the EU. I will reassure my German counterpart that we want to continue to work alongside our European friends and allies, in defence of our shared values. But I will also be clear that our European partners must show much more flexibility and creativity in negotiations if we are to avoid a ‘no deal by accident’ scenario.

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Published 23 July 2018