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UK minister says Brexit talks yield 'positive' signals

Posted March 05, 2019 6:00 am

The Associated Press

BRUSSELS (AP) - A senior British government minister insists that Brexit talks with the European Union are making progress, as negotiators meet in Brussels seeking a way to break the logjam.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says "the signals we are getting are relatively positive."

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is meeting U.K. Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and Attorney General Geoffrey Cox on Tuesday, as Britain seeks changes to a Brexit deal that has been rejected by U.K. lawmakers.

Their objections center on a provision to guarantee there are no barriers along the currently invisible Irish border. Britain wants reassurances the mechanism will be temporary.

EU leaders insist that the legally binding withdrawal agreement can't be reopened. But Hunt told the BBC that Britain is "prepared to be flexible" about how changes are achieved.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt arrives for a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, Tuesday March 5, 2019. European Union and British top-level officials will resume talks on Tuesday in an attempt to break a deadlock in the Brexit negotiations less than a month before the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the bloc. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP) The Associated Press

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