The UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, speaking to BBC radio this Friday, said that Northern Ireland backstop is the key outstanding issue in Brexit talks and to resolve the backstop issue, we need to make more progress on talks over the future relationship with the EU.
Additional quotes:
“¢ Backstop plan involving UK-side customs union is entirely possible.
“¢ But no one involving indefinite membership of customs union.
“¢ We have made enormous progress in Brexit talks.
“¢ The free trade agreement will take months not years to negotiate.
“¢ UK PM May held firm in Brexit talks.
“¢ 27 EU nations united, we need to do the same and back the UK PM May.
“¢ I detect a lot of goodwill from EU leaders to the UK PM May.
“¢ A Brexit deal is emerging from talks.
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