Sir Keir Starmer has hailed his "fantastic" discussions with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk and the "growing relationship" between the two countries, on a visit to Poland. Speaking at an event for business leaders at the British embassy in Warsaw, the UK's prime minister added, "our business ties are thriving, bilateral trade is growing fast". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00As you have probably seen I've had fantastic discussions with Prime Minister Tusk and
00:06President Duda this afternoon but I also wanted to make sure that in this visit I also had the
00:12opportunity to talk to you. In my conversations so far we've been celebrating the very close
00:20ties between our country, close historic and ties that I think we're all really proud of
00:27and want to enhance and we've discussed the things closest to my heart. You may know that
00:35my wife has family roots here in Poland and so there's a personal connection here for me
00:42and of course with Prime Minister Tusk the connection of Arsenal Football Club.
00:47Jan Bata's husband is also an Arsenal fan so we're growing the Arsenal away fans
00:56here in Poland as part of the work that we're doing here but this is a unique and growing
01:02relationship and I say growing because it's strengthened immeasurably by what we plan to
01:08do our ambitions for the future just as much as it's shaped and strengthened by our past
01:13and that includes you. Your fingerprints are on this relationship between our two countries
01:19because our business ties are thriving, bilateral trade is growing fast as you know,
01:25it's now reached over 30 billion pounds and that means supporting 72,000 jobs
01:32back in the UK as well as thousands of jobs here in Poland.