UK Seeks ‘Closest Possible Cooperation’ Pact With EU on Security, Minister Says

UK Seeks ‘Closest Possible Cooperation’ Pact With EU on Security, Minister Says
Britain's Minister for the Cabinet Office David Lidington appears on the Marr Show on BBC television in London, Britain, June 10, 2018. Jeff Overs/BBC/Handout via Reuters
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain wants to cement its foreign policy and security ties with the European Union via the “closest possible cooperation agreement” and is open to participating in a European intervention force, a British minister said.

Britain was open to a close partnership with Europe on a crisis intervention force after it leaves the EU, depending on key details, David Lidington, Britain’s cabinet minister, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper.