UK Lawmaker Hopes May to Achieve Partnership With Int’l Community on Syria

Edward Leigh, the Conservative member of UK Parliament, said that he hopes Theresa May as new UK Prime Minister Theresa May will be successful in cooperation with other countries over Syria and Iraq.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — It is important for the United Kingdom to boost its relations with other countries to solve international problems, Edward Leigh, the Conservative member of UK Parliament, told Sputnik Wednesday, expressing hope that new UK Prime Minister Theresa May will be successful in forging more productive cooperation on Syria and Iraq.

Earlier in the day, May, having served as home secretary for the past six years, became the United Kingdom’s new prime minister, following David Cameron’s official resignation.

"I am very optimistic for the coming premiership. Theresa May has been a very capable Home Secretary and I will be supporting her in the negotiations over Brexit. Settling our relationship with the European Union will allow us the perfect springboard for tackling other international problems. I hope we will see more productive cooperation with other countries over Syria and Iraq, for example," Leigh, chairman of a UK Parliament cross-party working group on relations with Russia, said.

After the June 23 referendum, in which the United Kingdom decided to leave the European Union, Cameron, who led the Remain campaigned, said he would step down.