EU officers have downplayed an obvious snub to Boris Johnson at top-level summit in Brussels this week.
Mr Johnson will arrive within the Belgian capital on Tuesday to debate the conflict in Ukraine with different presidents and prime ministers at a Nato gathering.
However he has been excluded from one other assembly in the identical metropolis on the identical day that almost all leaders will even attend.
EU presidents and prime ministers determined to ask US president Joe Biden to hitch them at a European Council assembly on the identical day because the Nato summit – and leaders are anticipated to cross town and proceed to discussions at one other venue.
However regardless of stories that Mr Johnson wished to attend the assembly, he was not invited and can miss the second a part of the key worldwide gathering.
The dearth of an invite raised hypothesis that the prime minister’s feedback over the weekend evaluating the conflict in Ukraine to Brexit performed a job within the snub.
The prime minister’s phrases sparked fury in Brussels and different EU capitals, with former Council president Donald Tusk branding them “offensive” to Ukrainians, British folks, and even “widespread sense”.
Officers in Brussels are nonetheless downplaying any hyperlink between what Mr Johnson stated and the dearth of an invite.
A senior EU official famous that European Council president Charles Michel had had “a protracted telephone name with prime minister Johnson on Monday” and that this occurred after Mr Johnson’s remarks.
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The official stated Mr Johnson would have one other alternative to fulfill EU chiefs at a gathering of G7 leaders.
“The sensation was that we invite the President of the USA to the European Council, however we aren’t repeating the codecs that we have now had across the day,” the official added.
Britain was routinely allowed to attend the European Council as a member of the EU, however now not has a seat on the physique, which meets 4 instances a lead within the Belgian capital.
The summit was the cite of main Brexit drama throughout divorce negotiations, and is a discussion board for discussing problems with continental significance on the degree of nationwide leaders.