Defence Secretary John Healey, in Washington DC, said the UK will “deepen and strengthen” security ties with its “closest security ally.” He welcomed US calls for Europe to “step up on Ukraine” and defence spending. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00An important meeting overran by a long way, but an important meeting at an important time
00:06for our two nations and for wider security.
00:11The US is the UK's closest security ally, and our discussions today were about how we
00:16deepen and strengthen that for the future.
00:18The US has challenged the President and the Defence Secretary, has rightly challenged
00:24Europe to step up on Ukraine, on defence spending, and on European security.
00:31We have and we will further, but the US remains the UK's closest ally, the US remains a staunch
00:39part of the NATO alliance, and as President Trump said when our Prime Minister was with
00:45him a week ago, the US remains absolutely committed to Article 5, which is the very
00:51heart of that NATO alliance.