ABERDEEN, Britain, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Tuesday that an independent Scotland could work as a bridge between the European Union (EU) and the Britain, being a magnet for global investment.

Sturgeon, also leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), made the comments to close the three-day SNP Conference in Aberdeen, the third largest Scottish city that saw a pro-independence demonstration two months ago.

"We will be in the EU single market and also the closest neighbor to our friends in the rest of the UK -- a bridge between the EU and the UK, making our country a magnet for global investment," she said.

"That's what I call the best of both worlds," she added.

Scotland voted to remain in the 2016 Brexit referendum, two years after it voted to stay as part of Britain in a what was described as a once-in-a-generation independence vote.

But campaigners claim they want a second independence referendum in the wake of the handling by the British government of negotiations over its planned departure from the EU.