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Obama tells UK he is not seeking to undermine BP value
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LONDON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday he had "no interest in undermining" the value of BP following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Cameron's office said.
The issue was discussed in a 30-minute phone call between the two leaders in which they reaffirmed their confidence in the strength of ties between their countries.
"President Obama said to the Prime Minister that his unequivocal view was that BP was a multinational global company and that frustrations about the oil spill had nothing to do with national identity," Cameron's office said in a statement.
"The Prime Minister stressed the economic importance of BP to the UK, U.S. and other countries. The President made clear that he had no interest in undermining BP's value," it added.
The two leaders discussed the crisis against the backdrop of public anger and political pressure on both sides of the Atlantic over the spill, which has fouled coastlines, closed rich fishing grounds and battered BP's share price.
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