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UK Foreign Minister Hunt says he doesn't agree with ambassador who called Trump 'inept'

08 July 2019 13:22 (UTC +04:00)

In leaked cables to the Foreign Office, UK Ambassador to the US Sir Kim Darroch called US President Donald Trump “inept”, “insecure”, and “incompetent”. In his turn, the US president said that the British envoy "has not served the UK well," APA reports citing Sputnik.

UK Foreign Minister Hunt has said that he doesn't agree with the British ambassador who described US President Donald Trump as “inept”.

Hunt also underscored that London would not allow any disruption in UK-US relations over the leaked memos.

He expressed concern over the leak of the ambassador’s memos, stressing the need to find out how this occurred.

Hunt’s remarks come after media reported, citing a UK government official as saying that confidential text messages sent by the UK’s ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, back to London describe Trump as “inept”, “insecure” and “incompetent”.