Mertz spoke on behalf of the UK after meeting with Trump
"As for the UK, there were some disagreements over the issue of technical stopover and refueling permits at multiple US military bases located on British territory during the weekend. Trump made a series of criticisms of the UK's official policy during this meeting.
I again told him that the UK, especially Keir Starmer, has made very significant and valuable contributions within the framework of the Three-Nation Group to promote the end of the war in Ukraine. I believe such criticism is unfounded, especially after he had already adjusted his initially more restrained position. However, I said this in a closed-door setting, because, as I have already pointed out, I do not want to publicly argue about this issue."
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