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EU summit without UK due in February

Other News Materials 23 September 2016 17:34 (UTC +04:00)
The new EU summit without participation of the UK will be held February 3 in Valletta, Malta.
EU summit without UK due in February

Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 23

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The new EU summit without participation of the UK will be held February 3 in Valletta, Malta, a diplomatic source in Brussels told RIA Novosti September 23.

The source said Brexit is one of the main issues to be discussed by the EU summit.

An informal meeting of the leaders of 27 EU countries without the UK was for the first time held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on September 16. The meeting discussed the Brexit.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday he expects the Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to be triggered early next year, but the British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office declined to confirm this information.

The Article 50 states that any EU member can withdraw from the Union. For this, the EU member must formally notify Brussels of such an intention, followed by withdrawal negotiations.

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