Britain’s ambassador to the Netherlands Peter Wilson has told a Dutch podcast that he believes the strong relationships between the Netherlands and Britain will endure, despite Brexit.

‘We are leaving the EU but we are not divorcing the Dutch,’ the ambassador told journalist Jaap Jansen on the new podcast Betrouwbare Bronnen. ‘The challenge now is to build a bilateral relationship. We want to remain close to Europe, even though we are leaving the EU.’

Wilson said that the two countries need to remember what binds them, such as trade, cultural links and academic relationships, all of which pre-date the UK joining the EU.

‘Those relationships will ensure but we are going to have to work at that,’ he said. ‘We must remind ourselves of the things we have in common.’

The interview with the ambassador starts around five minutes in.