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(Reuters) – Britain and the European Union have made progress in talks on strengthening the Irish border, a major obstacle to concluding an agreement on Brexit, ITV News reported on Tuesday.
FILE PHOTO: A Brexit sign is seen between the Donegal in the Republic of Ireland and Londonderry in Northern Ireland, in the border village of Muff, Ireland, on February 1, 2018. REUTERS / Clodagh Kilcoyne
The chief negotiator of British Prime Minister Theresa May, Olly Robbins, has made "significant progress" in discussions with Brexit EU negotiator, Michel Barnier, on the controversial issue of the Irish border, said ITV, without citing sources.
The question of how to avoid lengthy border controls between the British province of Northern Ireland and Ireland, a member state of the European Union after Brexit, was one of the main stumbling blocks to the divorce talks .
Reportage of Ismail Shakil in Bengaluru; edited by Diane Craft
