Kerry also sought to ease concerns that the Brexit vote could undermine confidence in other regional or transatlantic alliances, including the NATO military alliance. He was scheduled to pay a call on British Prime Minister David Cameron, who announced plans Friday to resign after the “Brexit” vote. “At this moment of challenge, the United States knows it could not ask for a better friend and ally than the United Kingdom,” Kerry said. Kerry seemed to be trying to convince himself as much as the anxious European officials with whom he was meeting. Speaking later in London, Kerry praised U.S.-British cooperation “on virtually every major political and security issue,” including the Iran nuclear-containment deal, the civil war in Syria, the fight against Islamic State and climate change.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 27, 2016 20:39 UTC