U.S.
President Barack Obama said on Saturday he expected Britain to go
through with leaving the European Union after last month's referendum
and was concerned to limit the damage to the British, European and
global economies from the move.
As
a friend, ally and trading partner of Britain and of the EU, he said
Washington wanted to see an orderly negotiating process and as close a
relationship as possible in future.
"It's
important that neither side harden positions in ways that ultimately do
damage to their respective economies and ultimately to the world
economy at a time when our world economy is still pretty wobbly in
places," Obama told a news conference at the end of a NATO summit in
Warsaw.
Reuters (Reporting by Paul Taylor and Robin Emmott)
