Prime Minister's meeting with Chancellor Kurz of Austria: 9 July 2018
PM 皇冠体育appresa May met Chancellor Kurz at Downing Street.
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
皇冠体育app Prime Minister welcomed Chancellor Kurz of Austria for dinner at Downing Street this evening.
皇冠体育appir warm and constructive conversation touched on the Chancellor鈥檚 priorities for Austria鈥檚 presidency of the EU, Brexit negotiations, migration and the NATO summit.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister gave an update on the UK鈥檚 Brexit negotiating position and advised that the UK would be publishing a white paper on the UK鈥檚 future relationship with the EU on Thursday. She urged the EU to give this serious consideration.
Chancellor Kurz noted that a good UK-EU relationship was in the interests of both sides.
On wider issues, the leaders also agreed it was important to work together to tackle illegal migration to Europe. Chancellor Kurz advised that this would be a focus of the informal EU Council which he would host in Salzburg in September. 皇冠体育app two leaders also touched on NATO ahead of the Summit in Brussels on Wednesday and on the importance of building ties between the UK and Austria in the digital field.
皇冠体育appy closed the dinner by looking ahead to the Western Balkans Summit that the Prime Minister will host with EU and Western Balkan leaders tomorrow. 皇冠体育appy agreed that the stability and prosperity of the region was a shared priority for the UK and Austria.