EU rejects Britain's request to run weekend Brexit talks: The Times - GulfToday

EU rejects Britain's request to run weekend Brexit talks: The Times

  • 05 Oct 2019
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A construction worker works outside European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Friday. Francisco Seco/ AP

The European Union rejected a British government request to allow Brexit talks to run through weekend, The Times newspaper reported bit on Saturday.

“If we held talks at the weekend it would look like these were proper negotiations,” the newspaper quoted an EU diplomat as saying. “We’re still a long way from that.”

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