EU wants full recognition for UK envoy in post-Brexit spat
Associated PressBRUSSELS — The European Union called Monday on the United Kingdom to grant the EU’s first-ever ambassador to the country full diplomatic status after the government in London declined to accord him those rights, but gave no clear signal that it would take retaliatory action. In a post-Brexit spat, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is refusing to grant full diplomatic status to Joao Vale de Almeida, the 27-nation EU’s envoy to the U.K, which left the bloc last year. “We will not accept that the United Kingdom will be the only country in the world that doesn’t recognize the delegation of the European Union the equivalent of a diplomatic mission,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said after chairing a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers. Borrell said that EU delegations are recognized by 143 countries “without a single exception.” “It’s not a friendly signal; the first one the United Kingdom has sent to us immediately after leaving the European Union.
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