Starmer says in tune with Meloni on ties with US

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 2 - Keir Starmer said he was fully in tune with Giorgia Meloni on the importance of keeping ties with the United states strong after the British and Italian prime ministers met ahead of Sunday's London summit on Ukraine and European defence.
    Starmer and Meloni are in full agreement "on the importance of the transatlantic alliance" between Europe and the US in the face of "the common challenges" of the present time, said a note released by Downing Street after the bilateral meeting between the prime ministers of Italy and the United Kingdom, which took place before the 16-nation summit on Ukraine and European security underway in London.
    The meeting was described as "warm and constructive" by London, which recalled that the leaders had now reached their third face-to-face meeting since July.
    The shared "support for Ukraine for as long as necessary" in response to the Russian invasion was also reiterated.
    Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron put to the summit a Franco-British plan for a coalition of the willing to lend Kyiv security guarantees. (ANSA).