Sir Keir Starmer has held bilateral talks with the Finnish president at Downing Street. Alexander Stubb said he "hit it off" with the UK prime minister "straight off the bat" and added that the UK is "back in the game" on the international stage. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Good afternoon.
00:30So let me welcome you, thank you, again, please, thank you.
00:57So let me start by extending a very warm welcome to you, I'm really grateful that you found
01:01time to come here on your way back from your trip to the U.S., and you're welcomed as a
01:08leader and a friend, and I know that on all the important issues, whether it's Ukraine
01:13or other global issues, our thinking is very closely aligned, and certainly I think the
01:19closer we can work together on some of these challenges, the better, so a great relationship
01:25between our two countries, much to discuss, but we started in the happier, confident place,
01:31that on a personal level, I think we see these challenges in the same way, through the same lens,
01:37and very often with a view to what the solutions are in a joint way.
01:42Here and I hit it off in the beginning, straight off the bat, and I'm really glad to see the
01:47leadership the UK is showing, not least in the war in Ukraine, and in many ways, in my mind,
01:52the UK is back, back in the game.