PM call with Prime Minister S谩nchez: 4 June 2018
Prime Minister 皇冠体育appresa May spoke with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S谩nchez today.
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
皇冠体育app Prime Minister spoke to the new Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro S谩nchez, earlier today.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister congratulated Prime Minister S谩nchez on his new role, noting that Spain was a close ally and that we shared a long history of friendship and co-operation. She said we look forward to continuing our work together across the full range of our common interests and objectives, including our close security cooperation and commercial ties.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister paid tribute to the Spanish victim of last year鈥檚 London Bridge attack, Ignacio Echeverr铆a. 皇冠体育appy agreed that his efforts to save others during the attack were truly heroic.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister said the UK was leaving the EU but not Europe, and our relationships with the EU and member states would always be extremely important to us. 皇冠体育appy agreed on the importance of protecting the rights of Spanish people in the UK as well as the many UK citizens in Spain.
On Gibraltar, the Prime Minister said the UK would continue to engage constructively with the Government of Gibraltar and the Spanish Government, to address issues arising from the UK鈥檚 withdrawal from the EU.
皇冠体育appy looked forward to meeting at the June European Council.