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UK building contacts with US president-elect: PM’s spokeswoman

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo by Reuters)

The United Kingdom has established ways of contacting US President-elect Donald Trump and is building ties with the billionaire businessman, according to the office of Prime Minister Theresa May.

The prime minister's official spokeswoman made the remarks on Monday when asked about a recent US trip by UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage, a leading Brexit campaigner.  

Farage met the US president-elect on Saturday at his New York residence Trump Tower, spending two hours discussing “global politics, and the status of Brexit.” The British politician also suggested that he should become a "go-between" for the government and the next US administration.

"We have established routes of engagement with the President-elect and his team. Our diplomatic staff have been building those contacts and links in the run up to the election," the spokeswoman said.

Donald Trump (L) and Nigel Farage at Trump Tower in New York on November, 12, 2016. (Photo by the Independent)

The official also said that the US president-elect and the British prime minister made a phone call on Thursday in which Trump invited May to visit him as soon as possible and highlighted the importance of the American-British special relationship.

"The president-elect talked about enjoying the same close relationship that Reagan and Thatcher did," the spokeswoman said.

The official was referring to the close relations that existed in the 1980s between London and Washington during the time of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, a Conservative, and former Republican President Ronald Reagan.

Trump was the presidential nominee for the Republican Party and May is leader of the UK's Conservative Party.

Trump’s campaign had been hit with many controversies since its inception in early 2015. But he still managed to stun the world by defeating the heavily-favored Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, in the November 8 election.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (right), and former US President Ronald Reagan (File photo by AP)

Earlier in the day, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the United Kingdom and the European Union could do business with Trump, despite refusing to attend a special meeting on Trump’s election victory on Sunday in Brussels. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini had called the meeting.

"Donald Trump, as I've said before, is a dealmaker and I think that could be a good thing for Britain but it can also be a good thing for Europe," Johnson said on Monday as he arrived for an EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, the de facto capital of Europe.


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