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A Downing Street spokesperson said:

皇冠体育app Prime Minister spoke to US President-elect Donald Trump earlier this afternoon to congratulate him on his hard-fought election campaign and victory. 皇冠体育app President-elect said he very much looked forward to working with the Prime Minister and congratulated her on her recent appointment.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President-elect Trump agreed that the US-UK relationship was very important and very special, and that building on this would be a priority for them both. President-elect Trump set out his close and personal connections with, and warmth for, the UK. He said he was confident that the special relationship would go from strength to strength.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister expressed her commitment to building and expanding the UK鈥檚 relationships around the world, particularly after the referendum vote, and the importance of our partnership with the US. She noted President-elect Trump鈥檚 commitment in his acceptance speech to uniting people across America, which she said is a task we all need to focus on globally.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister said that we have a long history of shared values and added that she looked forward to that continuing in the future.

She highlighted her wish to strengthen bilateral trade and investment with the US as we leave the EU. But she said that our relationship is so much more than that and our 2 countries have always stood together as close allies when it counts the most. President-elect Trump strongly agreed and added that the UK is a 鈥渧ery, very special place for me and for our country鈥�.

皇冠体育app call ended with President-elect Trump inviting the Prime Minister to visit him as soon as possible.