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Key FactsBurnham offers Merz German entry into GCAP
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- Burnham offered Germany entry into GCAP, which already includes Japan and Italy.
- The two countries’ defense ministers were tasked with examining cooperation; no decision or preliminary decision has been made.
- The German-French FCAS project failed this summer over unresolved terms, and alternatives are being sought.
- The treaty took effect after exchanging ratification documents and strengthens cooperation against cyberattacks, sabotage, and disinformation.
In challenging times, and these are challenging times, we need a collaboration of the highest quality with our closest partners, and Germany is indeed one of our closest partners.— Andy Burnham, British Prime Minister, during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery, in the context of the deutsch-britischen Freundschaftsvertrag (Kensington Treaty).
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