# President Cyril Ramaphosa says he looks forward to working closely with the new British prime minister, Andy Burnham, to maintain bilateral relations and expand the partnership between the two nations. Burnham is Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, taking over from Keir Starmer, who resigned last month, bringing an end to his spell as the shortest-serving Labour Party prime minister in history. Ramaphosa says that, as one of South Africa’s top five export markets, the country values Britain as a trade partner that sustains opportunities for South African enterprises.
Ramaphosa says he is looking forward to working with the new British prime minister Burnham