Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says that UK-German relations are in a "very, very strong position" as he welcomes the German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, as part of his three-day State Visit to the UK. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
00:00It is really good to have you here, particularly as part of a state visit, the first one, in far too long.
00:07And you and I sat down in Berlin last year, and I remember distinctly you saying to me that the relationship between our two countries was beginning a new chapter, a new opening.
00:20And I profoundly believe that that is right, and that actually will follow through on that, because just this year we had Chancellor of Ertsever, we had the Lancaster Treaty, the first bilateral treaty between our two countries, which I can hardly believe was the first.
00:36But we've also worked very, very closely on hugely important issues like Ukraine, where our two countries think alike and act alike, on issues of migration and on economic growth and trade, where we go from strength to strength.
00:55And I think in a moment we're going to be in a roundtable with quite a number of leading businesses, both in Germany and in the United Kingdom.
01:03So when you said we were opening a new chapter, we certainly have, and I think that the relationship between our two countries is in a very, very strong position.
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