Sir Keir Starmer has said he wants to meet Kamala Harris and Donald Trump before the US presidential election in November.
It comes amid reports No 10 aides are hoping to set up meetings with both candidates this week, whilst prime minister Keir Starmer attends a UN summit in New York.
Asked whether he would meet them during the trip, he replied it would be “very good to meet both of them at some stage” before the poll.
“We’ll just have to see what’s possible,” he told reporters on his flight over.
“But I’m going for the [UN] General Assembly. I don’t doubt that a lot of time is going to be spent on the Middle East and Ukraine,” he added.
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Sir Keir has not met either candidate in person, although he spoke to Trump on the phone in the wake of the assassination attempt against him in July.
His suggestion he would like to meet the Republican candidate in the coming weeks, however, comes amid an awkward spat with one of his Labour ministers.
Source: BBC
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