The UK says it prizes its special relationship with the US and works more closely with it than other nations.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has emphasised the special relationship Britain enjoys with the US after meeting Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
"The way we see it is that for the past seven decades the alliance between the UK and the US, from trade to security co-operation, has helped to shape the world for the better," Mr Raab said on Wednesday.
"On defence, security and intelligence, our countries trust each other more deeply. We work together more closely than any others. We in the UK really prize that relationship.
"We value it enormously and we really appreciate, from the administration but also from the personal remarks you and the president made, that the friendship we have is something ... we look forward to nurturing in the weeks, months and years ahead."
The UK and US cemented their friendship when they announced on Monday that Britain was joining the Pentagon's naval mission in the Arabian Gulf.
"We had this Brexit issue preoccupying us in the UK," Mr Raab said. "This Government, this Cabinet, is absolutely resolved, determined to leave the EU at the end of October.
"We will stay good friends, good neighbours, with our European partners. But we are at the same time determined to seize the global opportunities beyond Europe for the UK.
"America is our single largest bilateral trading partner. President Trump has made clear again that he wants an ambitious free trade agreement with UK.
"So I hope we can make that happen as soon as possible after we leave the EU on October 31."
He said he and Mr Pompeo also discussed Afghanistan, Syria and the Strait of Hormuz.
"We are going to put a lot of hard work in on both sides to make further progress," Mr Raab said.
"I'm confident that we can take the UK-US relationship from strength to strength."
