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Thursday, January 26, 2017
Ahead of Trump visit, May says UK ‘absolutely’ condemns torture
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritain “absolutely” condemns the use of torture, Prime Minister Theresa May says — and insists she’s not afraid to tell that to Trump when she meets him in Washington tomorrow.
May’s face-to-face talks at the White House will be Trump’s first with a foreign leader since his inauguration. May plans to seize the opportunity to bolster the trans-Atlantic “special relationship.”
The PM tells reporters aboard her Royal Air Force plane that “we absolutely condemn the use of torture,” and says her “view on that won’t change, whether I’m talking to you or talking to the president.”
She says her talks with Trump in the Oval Office will focus on the fight against Islamic State group terrorism, the future of the NATO alliance — and Britain’s desire for a quick trade deal with the US after the UK leaves the EU, likely in 2019.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.