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| US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have reaffirmed their commitment to the Nato alliance after White House talks. | US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May have reaffirmed their commitment to the Nato alliance after White House talks. |
| Mrs May confirmed Mr Trump was "100% behind Nato" despite the president's recent comments calling the transatlantic alliance obsolete. | |
| Both leaders said they would work to establish trade negotiation agreements. | |
| Mrs May also said Mr Trump had accepted an invitation from the Queen for a state visit later this year. | Mrs May also said Mr Trump had accepted an invitation from the Queen for a state visit later this year. |
| The prime minister added that a trade agreement between the UK and US was "in the national interest in both our countries". | |
| Although the UK cannot begin to negotiate trade deals until it leaves the EU, Mr Trump has said he wants a "quick" deal after that. | |
| When asked about Mr Trump's scheduled phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, the president played down any suggestion that he would lift US sanctions against the Kremlin. | |
| "It's very early to be talking about that," he told reporters during a news conference. | |
| He also said having a "great relationship" with countries like Russia and China "would be a positive, not a negative". | |
| Meanwhile, Mrs May stood firm with the European Union's stance on sanctions against Russia. | |
| "We have been very clear that we want to see the Minsk agreement fully implemented", she said, adding that the sanctions would continue until that is achieved. | |
| Mr Trump said he would also defer to retired general and Defense Secretary James Mattis on whether he would reinstate the use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique. | |
| The president said Mr Mattis does not "necessarily believe" in waterboarding and other interrogation techniques, which critics view as torture. | |
| "I don't necessarily agree, but I would tell you that he will override because I'm giving him that power," Mr Trump said of General Mattis. | |
| "I happen to feel that it does work. I've been open about that for a long period of time. But I am going with our leaders." |