STORY: :: February 26, 2025
:: Washington, D.C.
:: ‘There is no more important relationship’
for the UK than with the US: Starmer
“There is no more important relationship for the United Kingdom – in defence, in security, in trade, in tech, in finance, and so much more. We have an incredible $1.5 trillion dollars invested in each other’s economies. Our trading relationship is not just strong, it’s fair and balanced. And we work together to create amazing things, like the internet or the jet engine. But most of all, and this is really the bedrock of that relationship, we share fundamental values of openness, of democracy, freedom of speech, freedom to thrive, and freedom to pursue the future.”
Starmer made the comments during a visit to Washington, D.C., where he held a meeting with business leaders at the residence of the British ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson.
Starmer is in the U.S. for a meeting with President Donald Trump. Ahead of his trip, Starmer had urged Washington to provide a security “backstop” to any future European peacekeepers in Ukraine, saying only that would offer Kyiv a lasting peace rather than a temporary ceasefire, and that Britain would “play our part” in any peacekeeping role in Ukraine.
