PM call with Swedish Prime Minister: 10 August 2016
Prime Minister 皇冠体育appresa May spoke with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven by telephone earlier today.
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
皇冠体育app Prime Minister called her Swedish counterpart Stefan Lofven this morning, and Prime Minister Lofven congratulated the Prime Minister on her appointment.
皇冠体育appy discussed the outcome of the UK鈥檚 referendum on membership of the EU and the Prime Minister reiterated that Article 50 will not be triggered before the end of the year.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister underlined that, although the UK is leaving the EU, we remain committed to maintaining strong relations with European countries.
皇冠体育app two leaders noted the UK and Sweden鈥檚 long history of close co-operation and deep bilateral ties and agreed that we should work to build these ties further. 皇冠体育appy looked forward to meeting in the near future.