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Add as preferred source on GoogleUK PM Keir Starmer rejects claims of US unreliability, affirming strong UK-US ties despite recent tensions with Trump.
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday said he did not accept that the United States under President Donald Trump was an unreliable ally.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed with Trump and cut his Washington visit short.
Asked during a press conference whether the U.S. was now an unreliable ally, Starmer said: "Nobody wanted to see what happened last Friday, but I do not accept that the U.S. is an unreliable ally.
"The U.S. has been a reliable ally to the UK for many, many decades, and continues to be. There are no two countries as closely aligned as our two countries and our defence, our security and intelligence is intertwined in a way no two other countries are."
(Reporting by Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill; writing by William James; Editing by Conor Humphries)
Keir Starmer stated that he does not accept the notion that the US is an unreliable ally, emphasizing the long-standing relationship between the two nations.
Starmer's comments came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy clashed with Donald Trump and cut his Washington visit short.
Starmer believes that the US has been a reliable ally to the UK for many decades and that both countries are closely aligned in defense and security matters.
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