Prime Minister Theresa May is meeting European Council President Donald Tusk later to discuss the start of Brexit negotiations.
It comes after Mrs May formally triggered two years of withdrawal talks when she invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty last week.
Mr Tusk has made it clear he is seeking a fair settlement.
But he has warned the Brexit negotiations could become "confrontational" at times.
Speaking at the launch of the Conservatives' local election campaign in Nottinghamshire, Mrs May said: "We've said very clearly we want to maintain a deep and special partnership with the EU.
"And I think that has been reciprocated and I'll be talking with President Tusk [about] how we can ensure within the timescale that we've got that we deliver a deal that is going to work for the people of the United Kingdom.
"I believe that will also be a deal that will work for the EU as well."
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