European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed a “good dialogue” with Liz Truss on UK-EU relations following talks in regards to the post-Brexit Northern Eire Protocol.
The Prime Minister additionally mentioned Vladimir Putin’s “failing” invasion of Ukraine with the European Fee president at a United Nations summit in New York on Thursday.
The pair condemned the Russian president’s partial army mobilisation as a “signal of weak spot” as they redoubled their dedication to assist Ukraine for “so long as it takes”.
Ms Truss will go on to satisfy Joe Biden on the UN Common Meeting, with the White Home saying he'll urge her to discover a negotiated resolution to the protocol row with the EU.
The Prime Minister is pushing forward with the controversial Northern Eire Protocol Invoice which the EU and different critics say will breach worldwide regulation by suspending components of the settlement.
There have additionally been recommendations she might unilaterally set off Article 16 of the protocol, to override components of the settlement brokered as a part of the Brexit divorce deal.
Ms Truss informed the EU chief “it’s very good to see you” as they met, earlier than the European Fee president nodded and smiled in response.
After the talks, they launched a joint assertion saying the pair “strongly condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine and agreed that Putin’s latest calls to mobilise components of the inhabitants had been an indication that Russia’s invasion is failing”.
“Additionally they mentioned UK-EU relations together with power, meals safety and the Northern Eire Protocol,” it added.
Ms von der Leyen tweeted that it was a “good dialogue” with Ms Truss on “EU-UK relations and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine”.
Ms Truss had declined to debate the protocol with France’s Emmanuel Macron a day earlier.
However US nationwide safety adviser Jake Sullivan made it clear Mr Biden will talk about it “in some element” with Ms Truss.
Mr Sullivan informed reporters the president “will encourage the UK and the European Union to work out an efficient final result that ensures there is no such thing as a risk to the elemental rules of the Good Friday Settlement”.
Mr Biden and Ms Truss may even meet after the president despatched a tweet simply because the PM was discussing her financial coverage, which stated he was “sick and uninterested in trickle-down economics”.
“It has by no means labored,” he stated.
The feedback underlined the variations between the 2 leaders’ stances simply as Ms Truss says she needs to foster nearer ties with worldwide allies.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman stated it was “ludicrous” to counsel Mr Biden was criticising UK coverage, arguing every nation is dealing with completely different financial challenges.
Mr Sullivan accepted Ms Truss’s prediction that a complete US-UK commerce deal, which Brexit supporters touted as a significant prize of leaving the EU, is years away.
Ms Truss had informed reporters: “There aren’t presently any negotiations happening with the US and I don’t have an expectation that these are going to begin within the brief to medium time period.”
Mr Biden was meant to carry talks with the Prime Minister within the UK throughout his go to to attend the Queen’s funeral, however they had been delayed till Ms Truss’s US journey.