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--SUPERS-- Sadiq Khan London Mayor Samuel Burke CNN Correspondent London, England Monday July 17, 2017 --LEAD IN-- LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN TELLS C-N-N BUSINESSES WANT CERTAINTY -- AND TO ENSURE THEY GET IT, THERE HAS TO BE A TWO-YEAR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AFTER BREXIT KHAN IS TRYING TO PROTECT LONDON AS THE CONTINENTS MAIN TECH HUB THIS IS THE SILICON ROUNDABOUT, THE CITYS MINI SILICON VALLEY OTHER EUROPEAN CAPITALS WOULD LOVE TO SHOVE LONDON ASIDE PARIS, DUBLIN, AMSTERDAM, BERLIN ARE ALL BIDDING TO LURE THE BEST TALENT FROM THE BRITISH TECH INDUSTRY CNNS SAMUEL BURKE ASKED THE MAYOR WHAT HES DOING TO MAKE SURE LONDON DOESNT LOSE OUT --CNN WIRE-- POL-Sadiq-Khan-Trump-UK-Visit-1 Approved - Karl de Vries Hilary Clarke Nick Thompson No red carpet for Trump, says Londons Khan By Samuel Burke and Hilary Clarke LONDON (CNN) -- London Mayor Sadiq Khan has reiterated his opposition to US President Donald Trump being afforded an elaborate state visit when he comes to the UK next year State visits are different from a normal visit and at a time when the President of the USA has policies that many in our country disagree with, I am not sure it is appropriate for our government to roll out the red carpet, Khan told CNN in an interview Monday Last week, the White House confirmed that Trumps state visit to the United Kingdom has been delayed until 2018 The delay comes amid concern that there will be mass protests against Trump in the British capital Trump met with UK Prime Minister Theresa May at the G20 summit in Hamburg and told reporters he would be visiting London Mays offer of a state visit, which typically includes a banquet with the Queen, was made during her visit to Washington in January, just days after Trumps inauguration Khan, the first Muslim mayor of a western capital city, did not, however, rule out meeting with the US President, if offered the chance If someone has views that I think can be changed I am ready to play my role, he told CNN If you somehow think it is not possible to be a Muslim and a proud westerner I am happy to disabuse you of that idea, whether you are a reporter for CNN or Donald Trump CNN has reached out to the White House for comment Khan and Trumps relationship got off to a famously bumpy start over Khans opposition to Trumps decision to bar from the US people from a list of mainly Muslim countries Then, after a terror attack on London Bridge last month that left eight people dead, Khans reassurance to Londoners that there was no reason to be alarmed by the increased police presence drew an extraordinary rebuke from Trump on Twitter At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is no reason to be alarmed! Trump tweeted Khan responded by saying his remarks had been taken out of context because he had been referring to the enhanced police presence But Trump then tweeted: Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his no reason to be alarmed statement MSM [mainstream media] is working hard to sell it! Earlier this year, more than 18 million people signed a petition seeking to block Trumps UK trip over fears that it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen ™ & © 2017 Cable News Network, Inc, a Time Warner Company All rights reserved --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS-- IN: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IM DOING OUT: ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR A STATE VISIT -----END-----CNNSCRIPT----- --KEYWORD TAGS-- SADIQ KHAN LONDON MAYOR TRUMP BREXIT BUSINESS ENGLAND EUROPE