{"id":94207,"date":"2018-07-23T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1761e86c19945cad6a08d7d99c02e697"},"modified":"2018-07-23T11:33:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T11:33:00","slug":"press-release-foreign-secretary-visits-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=94207","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Foreign Secretary visits Berlin for talks with the German Minister for Foreign Affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mr Hunt met with German Foreign Minister Mr Heiko Maas to discuss a range of issues of shared interest. These included the UK\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the meeting, the Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:<\/p>\n

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Germany is one of Britain\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We will also discuss the UK\u2019s 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 \u2018no deal by accident\u2019 scenario.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Further information<\/h2>\n