UK and Germany sign military agreement

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The NATO allies have agreed to expand their decades-old military alliance as they brace for Britain’s exit from the EU. The UK has already said it would retain military presence in Germany even after next year’s Brexit.

DW reports:  Germany and Britain on Friday signed a deal to further deepen their decades-old military cooperation. The agreement was signed by German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and her British counterpart Gavin Williamson in the western German town of Minden.

This is a “symbolically important sign of German-British friendship,” von der Leyen said, adding that the two want to strengthen the “good cooperation even further, in the navy, the air force, and in cyber capabilities.”

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