UK And Germany Hold Talks Before EU Security Speech

The Prime Minister will deliver a speech about Britain's future security relationship with the EU at the world's largest security policy forum.

Ahead of the Munich Security Conference this weekend, Theresa May will also hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

The annual security conference is the largest gathering of its kind in the world.

The civil war in Syria, the state of the Atlantic Alliance, tensions with Russia and the looming divorce between the UK and European Union are among the topics on the agenda for leaders, senior ministers and others involved in foreign policy.

NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg will deliver a keynote speech in the opening session.

Meanwhile former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called for greater urgency in agreeing the post-Brexit security relationship between the UK and EU.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said negotiations on a UK/EU security treaty should begin "right away", adding:

"The UK must realise that in today's world, its strength is very much dependent on co-operation with other countries."