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Britain FINALLY agrees to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador in London after fears the post-Brexit row would poison the UK’s relations with Brussels
- UK and EU agreed Brussels’ ambassador in London will get full diplomatic status
- Settlement made throughout assembly between Dominic Raab and EU’s Josep Borrell
- Settlement ought to resolve long-running Brexit row over ambassador’s status
Britain has agreed to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s first ambassador to the UK because the Authorities lastly resolved a long-running dispute with Brussels.
Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab and EU Excessive Consultant and Vice President of the European Fee, Josep Borrell, met this afternoon on the sidelines of a G7 overseas ministers summit in London.
They mentioned in a joint assertion that they have been ‘happy to have reached an settlement collectively, based mostly on goodwill and pragmatism, on an Institution Settlement for the EU Delegation to the UK’.
The deal means the EU’s ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, ‘may have a status in line with heads of missions of states, together with agrément and presentation of the credentials to the Head of State’.
The choice ought to lastly deliver to an in depth a rumbling row over Mr Vale de Almeida’s status.
Overseas Secretary Dominic Raab and EU Excessive Consultant and Vice President of the Fee, Josep Borrell met this afternoon on the sidelines of a G7 overseas minister summit in London
They mentioned in a joint assertion that they have been ‘happy to have reached an settlement collectively, based mostly on goodwill and pragmatism, on an Institution Settlement for the EU Delegation to the UK’. It means the EU’s ambassador to the UK, João Vale de Almeida, ‘may have a status in line with heads of missions of states’
He took up the position in February final yr after the UK formally left the bloc however he was not given the identical status as different ambassadors.
It was reported final month that Overseas Workplace sources believed the transfer had an ‘unhealthy, chilling impact’ on talks with Brussels as discussions befell on granting the ambassador full credentials.
One supply instructed The Occasions that it was ‘a foolish dispute however has had a corrosive impact’.
In January, Downing Avenue had underlined that the bloc is ‘not a nation state’ because it backed Mr Raab over his refusal to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador. However the UK now seems to have backed down.
Brussels beforehand mentioned the EU’s 143 delegations and workers in different elements of the world had been accorded a status equal to nations’ embassies underneath the Vienna Conference, which governs the foundations of worldwide diplomacy.
With out the full safety of the Vienna Conference, diplomats don’t profit from immunity from detention, prison jurisdiction and taxation.
Mr Raab and Mr Borrell mentioned in a joint assertion: ‘We’re happy to have reached an settlement collectively, based mostly on goodwill and pragmatism, on an Institution Settlement for the EU Delegation to the UK.
‘The EU Ambassador may have a status in line with heads of missions of states, together with agrément and presentation of the credentials to the Head of State.
‘EU Delegation workers may have the privileges and immunities wanted to perform successfully, whereas permitting for efficient administration of justice, and we glance ahead to shifting forward and tackling world challenges collectively.’
Requested about his status final week, Mr Vale de Almeida mentioned he was ‘assured that we are going to discover a resolution that’s according to worldwide observe’.
He added: ‘It’s about recognition. It’s about respect. It’s concerning the formalities of diplomatic life and that is a crucial side.’
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