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More from Cardiff where Theresa May was booed after attending a Brexit meeting with the heads of the devolved assemblies.

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The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said that Donald Trump’s state visit ought to be cancelled while travel bans are in place and has called on the prime minister to speak up more strongly against the values that the president’s policies have exposed, writes Steven Morris.

British Prime Minister Theresa May sits alongside members of her Cabinet as she prepares to chair a Joint Ministerial Committee at Cardiff City Hall in Cardiff. Also attending the talks were Outgoing Northern Ireland First Minister, Arlene Foster, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones, and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Photograph: Ben Birchall/AFP/Getty Images

Speaking after a one-to-one meeting with Theresa May that took place before the meeting of the joint ministerial committee in Cardiff, Sturgeon said she told the prime minister she should voice concerns about Trump more forcefully.

Sturgeon told the Guardian: “I said [to her] that while everybody understands that she wants to build a constructive relationship that relationship has to be based on values.

“I think many people would like to hear a stronger view from the UK government about the immigrant and refugee ban that was announced.

“I also said that I don’t think it would be appropriate in these circumstances for the state visit to go ahead while these bans are in place given the understandable concern that people have about them and the messages they send and the impact they have.”

Asked if May had gone to meet Trump too quickly, Sturgeon replied: “She’s the prime minister of the UK. Everybody would understand she wants to build a positive relationship with the president of the United States. As first minister of Scotland I want to build a constructive relationship with the new administration. I’m not criticising her for that. But relationships have to be based on values.

“We’ve all got a duty to speak up for fundamental values. There’s a real concern on the part of many that introducing what is seen by many as a ban on Muslims, banning people because of their origin or faith, is deeply wrong and likely to be counterproductive in terms of the fight we all have an interest in against extremism and terrorism.

“In terms of the refugee ban that in my view would go against the international obligations in terms of the Geneva Convention and the moral obligation we all have to deal with the refugee crisis.

“The prime minister made the obvious point that these are matters for the US government. But these are issues that start to touch on moral issues that go beyond individual countries policies. And we all have a duty in these instances to speak up when we consider values that we all hold dear to be under threat. As I said to the prime minister I think a lot of people would like to see her say something much more strong along those lines.”

She continued: “Morality is something we all have to judge for ourselves. I think there’s a very strong body of opinion across the UK. Nobody is suggesting the president of American can’t come to the UK nor is anyone suggesting a state visit is not appropriate at some stage but while these bans that have caused so much concern are in place it would be inappropriate for the state visit to proceed. It would be better to reconsider the timing of it.”

Asked if she would meet Trump in Scotland, Sturgeon said: “The relationship between Scotland and America is important. I’m not going to start getting into refusing meeting people but nor am I going to maintain diplomatic silences over things that are really important in a values and principles sense.”