Boris Johnson: Muslim ban is 'divisive and wrong'

Speaking in the British parliament on Monday, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson described Trump's executive order as "divisive and wrong".

He said it was "not a measure that this government would consider".

However Johnson said it was "totally right" that Trump should be accorded the honour of a state visit to Britain - despite a public petition signed by more than 1.2 million UK citizens calling for the official visit to be suspended.

He added that he had spoken to the US administration and confirmed that British passport holders would not be banned from the US.

"The general principle is that all British passport holders remain welcome to travel to the US," he told MPs. "We have received assurances from the US embassy that this executive order will make no difference to any British passport holder irrespective of their country of birth or if they hold another passport."

His comments contradicted a statement released by the US embassy in the UK on Monday which said that dual-nationality holders would be subject to the ban.

Johnson emphasised "the vital importance of this country's alliance with the United States... on defence and intelligence and security we work more closely than any two nations in the world and that is to our benefit."

"Where we have differences with the US we will not hesitate to express them.... [but will] work alongside Trump administration in mutual interest of our two countries."