President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE is slated to meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May next week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, officials announced Friday.

"President Trump looks forward to having a bilateral meeting with U.K. Prime Minister May in Davos next week to further strengthen the U.S.-U.K. special relationship," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement, saying more details would be released next week.

Downing Street also confirmed the visit, saying the "bilateral meeting" would happen "in the margins" of the summit.

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A Trump administration official said Friday the president will be able to travel to the forum despite the possibility of a government shutdown starting at midnight Friday.

“He could do that pursuant to his constitutional authority to conduct diplomacy,” an official said on a call with reporters.

While May was the first foreign leader to visit the White House last year, relations between the U.S. and the U.K. have proved to be rocky in recent months.

May criticized Trump in November after he retweeted controversial videos from a far-right U.K. political figure, saying Trump was "wrong" to have reposted the tweets.

The president fired back in a tweet, saying May should focus on radical Islamic terror in the U.K. and not him.

.@Theresa_May, don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2017

Trump has not paid an official state visit to the U.K. yet and he announced earlier this month that he canceled a trip to London to open the new U.S. Embassy there.