Queen to invite Trump to Britain for state visit: Sunday Times
>> Reuters
Published: 20 Nov 2016 04:14 PM BdST Updated: 20 Nov 2016 04:26 PM BdST
-
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the news media from the front steps at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 19, 2016. Reuters
Queen Elizabeth will invite US President-elect Donald Trump for a state visit to Britain next year to try to cement close ties between the two countries, The Sunday Times newspaper said.
Citing two ministers and a senior official close to Downing Street, the Sunday Times reported that discussions between British officials and Trump's team would start soon to ensure that a date could be agreed for June or July next year.
Britain is keen to reinforce its "special relationship" with the United States as the government of Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to leave the European Union, a divorce that will shape the country's standing in the world.
Trump invited May to visit him as soon as possible during their first telephone call since his election victory, the British prime minister's office has said. Aides for May have said as yet there is no date for the trip.
The Sunday Times said the British government hopes that an official state visit will be its "secret weapon" for cementing ties after Trump met leading Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage earlier this month - the first British politician to do so.
The newspaper also said the president-elect told May during their phone call last week that his late Scottish mother was a "big fan" of the Queen and asked the prime minister to pass on his best wishes to her.
-
Biden takes sweeping Day One action
-
China imposes sanctions on Pompeo, officials
-
Will Biden be an activist president?
-
A cascade of crises for President Biden
-
Trump’s last-minute moves against China complicate Biden’s agenda
-
How world leaders are reacting to Biden's inauguration
-
How world leaders are reacting to Biden's inauguration
-
Biden tells divided nation 'democracy has prevailed'
-
China imposes sanctions on 28 Trump-era officials including Pompeo
-
Biden takes sweeping Day One action on energy, climate, immigration
-
Will Biden be an activist president on the world stage?
-
Biden inaugurated as the 46th US president amid a cascade of crises
-
How world leaders are reacting to Joe Biden's inauguration
-
Do you know where the US vice president lives?
Most Read
- Young model Naaz found dead at home in Dhaka after suspected suicide
- Biden names Bangladeshi-American Zayn Siddique senior aide to White House deputy chief of staff
- Shakib back with a bang to help Bangladesh to easy win in first ODI against West Indies
- Bangladesh to begin COVID vaccination drive with 20 doses on first day: official
- Bangladesh ODI team to wear special jersey marking 50 years of independence
- Free COVID vaccines to arrive from India on Thursday: official
- Bangladesh logs 8 virus deaths, lowest daily count since early May
- Trump leaves the White House for the last time as president
- BTRC testing quality of mobile networks for six months
- Asian garment makers fashion united front to pressure Western brands