LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday that NATO had emerged from its annual summit "stronger and more united", citing U.S. President Donald Trump's closing remarks which he said had praised the spirit and unity of the meeting.

"President Trump summed up and said that he was very pleased to welcome the spirit of the meeting and the unity of the meeting, and therefore, in terms of what's the outcome here, and answering that question 'is NATO stronger and more united coming out of this summit?' then the answer is yes to that," Starmer told reporters.

The outgoing prime minister added that the alliance had achieved its principal goal of reinforcing cohesion at a time of conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East.