German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she assumed Britain would stick to its plan for leaving the European Union after the country's election upset, and that she wanted to work quickly on talks over Brexit. British voters failed to deliver a widely expected parliamentary majority for the Conservative party in Thursday's general election, dealing a major blow to Prime Minister Theresa May just days ahead of difficult Brexit talks with the EU. "I assume that Britain, from what I heard from the Prime Minister today, wants to stick to its negotiating plan," Merkel told a news conference alongside President Enrique Pena Nieto. Merkel said Britain was part of Europe regardless of Brexit, and that she wanted the country to remain a good partner. But obviously while also asserting the interests of the 27 member states that will make up the European Union in future," she added.

Source: The Star June 10, 2017 06:56 UTC