FOREIGN SECRETARY BORIS JOHNSN OF U.K. WILL NOT JOIN EU MEETING TO DISCUSS ON DONALD TRUMP WINNING U.S. ELECTION
Sunday, November 13, 2016
VietPress USA (12/11/2016): BBC News today informs that the Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson of UK declares that he will not join the EU meeting to discuss on the winning of Donald Trump. Please read the following news:
Boris Johnson to skip EU special meeting on Trump win
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will not attend a European
special meeting called to discuss Donald Trump's US election victory.
Mr Johnson has told his EU counterparts to end the
"whinge-o-rama" over the result of the presidential race.
A Foreign Office spokesman said he would not go to the
meeting on Sunday but would attend a regular Foreign Affairs Council meeting on
Monday.
The BBC understands a senior UK official will be sent in his
place.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "The Foreign Secretary
will not attend the meeting convened for Sunday. There is a regular Foreign
Affairs Council meeting on Monday where a range of issues can be discussed in
the normal way.
"We do not see the need for an additional meeting on
Sunday because the US election timetable is long established. An act of
democracy has taken place, there is a transition period and we will work with
the current and future administrations to ensure the best outcomes for
Britain."On Friday Mr Johnson said "with respect to my beloved EU
friends and colleagues, I think it is time we snapped out of the general doom
and gloom about the result of this election and the collective whinge-o-rama
that seems to be going on in some places".
Mr Johnson's remarks are in stark contrast to those of EU
Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
He said Mr Trump's election risked upsetting EU ties with
the US "fundamentally and structurally".
He said: "We will need to teach the president-elect
what Europe is and how it works", adding that two years would be wasted
while Mr Trump "tours a world he doesn't know".
Following his victory Mr Trump spoke with Prime Minister
Theresa May. A Downing Street spokesman said they agreed that "the US-UK
relationship was very important and very special and that building on this
would be a priority for them both".
But a senior member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's
Social Democrat coalition partner, Axel Schafer, said the PM's hope that Mr
Trump will look favourably on the UK will come to nothing.
Mr Schafer told The Times: "What changed is the likelihood
of a speedy and preferential trade deal between the UK and US. Even before
Tuesday the chances were rather low, now the hope for this kind of deal seems
delusional."
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