LONDON (CNN) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with top British diplomat Boris Johnson in London on Tuesday.
Johnson is hosting a meeting on the crisis in Syria, his first gathering as the new foreign secretary.
“The current situation on the ground in Syria is dire,” Johnson said. “The whole country is facing another terrible humanitarian catastrophe, and therefore a potential leap in the number of refugees seeking to escape Syria.”
Johnson also is hosting talks on the conflict in Yemen.
Regarding the new UK government, Kerry reaffirmed that the U.S. and Britain have “special and unbreakable ties.”
“We also depend on a close relationship with the European Union,” Kerry said on Tuesday. “And as Britain and the EU begin negotiating the new terms of their partnership, America is rooting for, and will do all we can and assist in the development of the smoothest possible transition and a highly integrated and collaborative UK-EU relationship.”
Kerry also met with new British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Kerry, new British diplomat discuss Syria, Yemen wars
