EU leaders have agreed to move Brexit talks on to the second
phase but called for "further clarity" from the UK about the future
relationship it wants.
The first issue to be discussed, early next year, will be
the details of an expected two-year transition period after the UK's exit in
March 2019.
He congratulated Mrs May on reaching this stage and said the
EU would begin internal preparations for the next phase right now as well as
"exploratory contacts with the UK to get more clarity on their
vision".
And agreements on the Irish border, the so-called divorce
bill and the rights of EU and UK citizens, agreed by Mrs May last Friday, must
be "respected in full and translated faithfully into legal terms as
quickly as possible".
While the EU is willing to engage in "preliminary and
preparatory discussions" on trade as part of building a "close
partnership" after the UK's departure, this means any formal agreement
"can only be finalised and concluded once the UK has become a third
country".
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