\u201cI look forward to our negotiations this week,\u201d Michel Barnier said, according to The Guardian newspaper, as the two sides met in Brussels for talks that are scheduled to last until Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will now delve into the heart of the matter. We need to examine and compare our respective positions in order to make good progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Anadolu Agency, The U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis said the talks would focus on citizens\u2019 rights, finance, \u201cseparation issues\u201d and Northern Ireland, according to a government statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor us it is incredibly important that we now make good progress, that we negotiate through this and identify the differences so that we can deal with them and identify the similarities so we can reinforce them,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n
It is the second round of formal talks. The first round began on June 19, a year after the referendum that decided the U.K.\u2019s exit from the EU.<\/p>\n
Davis said he was in Brussels to \u201copen the next formal round of the negotiations\u201d after a \u201cgood start\u201d last month.<\/p>\n
The status of EU citizens living in the U.K. and that of British nationals in the EU is one of the main issues, along with the amount Britain must pay to the EU and issues on the Irish border, that must be agreed before any talks on Britain’s future trade arrangements with the EU.<\/p>\n
Around 3.2 million EU citizens live in the U.K. while 1 million Britons are based in other EU countries.<\/p>\n
The U.K. is due to leave the EU by the end of March 2019.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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