Britain and Germany signed a wide-ranging friendship treaty on Thursday, deepening ties in areas ranging from defence to transport, to mark Friedrich Merz's first trip to London as chancellor, the latest visit to help reset UK ties with the EU, APA reports citing Reuters.
Merz's day trip follows a three-day state visit to Britain by French President Emmanuel Macron, signalling greater cooperation between Europe's top three powers at a time of threats to the continent and uncertainty about their U.S. ally.
"This is a historic day for German-British relations," Merz said at the signing ceremony in the Victoria and Albert museum, co-founded by Britain's Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, of German origin.
"We want to deepen our cooperation in the field of defence, in foreign policy, but also in economic and domestic policy."
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