TEHRAN, April 26 - US President Donald Trump will make a long-awaited visit to Britain on July 13, Downing Street announced on Thursday, his first since taking power in January last year.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) – The visit had been repeatedly delayed amid a series of diplomatic spats and fears that it could be overshadowed by mass protests.
"The President of the United States will visit the UK on 13 July," Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said in a statement, adding Trump would hold bilateral talks with the British leader.
May controversially offered Trump a state visit -- which would involve meeting Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace -- when she was the first foreign leader to visit him after entering the White House.
The invitation provoked uproar in Britain, where the US president's "America First" agenda, including a proposed ban on immigration from a number of Muslim-majority countries, is unpopular.
British lawmakers called on May to withdraw the offer, while protesters promised to turn out in record numbers.
The July trip is set to be a working visit, with the US president expected at a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, on July 11 and 12.
Meanwhile the offer of a ceremonial state visit remains on the table, according to a Whitehall source.
May has faced repeated calls to withdraw the state visit offer following diplomatic fallouts with the American leader, who has already visited several other European capitals.
Source: AFP
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