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Taoiseach Simon Harris will have his first meeting with the new UK prime minister Kier Starmer later this Wednesday.
The Taoiseach travels to the UK this Wednesday, July 17, for a meeting of the two leaders at Chequers, Mr Starmer's country retreat.
The pair are expected to discuss ways to improve Anglo-Irish relations during a "working dinner" with their respective staffs.
Mr Harris said: “The invitation extended to me by Prime Minister Starmer to meet with him at Chequers is a strong signal of the value he attaches to the friendship and closeness that saw our two countries achieve so much together in the past, and to resetting the relationship so that we can again achieve much together in the time ahead.
“I look forward to getting to know the Prime Minister and to conveying to him the broad welcome across Government, and more widely across Ireland, to a reset in relations with the United Kingdom at this time.
“I am fully committed to a stronger, mutually respectful and ambitious partnership between both countries, and to getting down to work to make this happen.”
The meeting will take place this evening following the UK's official state opening of parliament and the king's speech, and comes ahead of a meeting of leaders from across Europe for the European Political Community Summit in Oxfordshire on Thursday, July 18.
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