Tehran (Iran News) – The European Union must match the Brexit compromise made by Britain to secure a deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday, adding British negotiators were ready to continue talks at pace. The spokesman acknowledged that the talks on a Brexit deal were subject to time pressure, and said Johnson […]
Tehran (Iran News) – The European Union must match the Brexit compromise made by Britain to secure a deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday, adding British negotiators were ready to continue talks at pace.
The spokesman acknowledged that the talks on a Brexit deal were subject to time pressure, and said Johnson was engaging with foreign leaders on the plans he had proposed, Iran News quotes what Reuters reported on Brexit compromise.
“We are ready to talk to the EU at pace to secure a deal so that we can move on and build a new partnership between the UK and the EU, but if this is to be possible, the EU must match the compromises that the UK has made,” the spokesman said.
“The PM still believes there is an opportunity to get a deal done, but the EU must understand, in order to achieve that, the backstop has to be removed.”
Brexit is the scheduled withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU). Following a June 2016 referendum, in which 51.9% of participating voters voted to leave, the UK government formally announced the country’s withdrawal in March 2017, starting a two-year process that was due to conclude with the UK withdrawing on 29 March 2019. As the UK parliament thrice voted against the negotiated withdrawal agreement, that deadline has been extended twice, and is currently 31 October 2019. An Act of Parliament requires the government to seek a third extension if no agreement is reached before 19 October.
- source : Tasnim, Irannews
