Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street a
June 10
22:20
2017
A Downing Street spokesperson said:
The German Chancellor Angela Merkel called the Prime Minister earlier today to offer her congratulations.
The Prime Minister confirmed her intention for Brexit talks to begin as planned in the next couple of weeks and that we would be looking for a reciprocal agreement on the rights of EU citizens and British citizens abroad at an early stage.