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British Secretary of State Leaving the European Union, Dominic Raab, arrives at 10 Downing Street in London on October 24, 2018, in London, England. REUTERS / Henry Nicholls
(Reuters) – Britain's Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab has privately claimed the right to pull Britain out of a "backstop" deal for the Irish border after three months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Raab made a statement to Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney at a private meeting in London last Tuesday.
The proposal was "apparently contradicted" by Cabinet Minister David Lidington during a visit to Dublin three days later, the newspaper said.
The European Union and Ireland demanded an arrangement guaranteeing that no physical structure would delimit the land border between the Irish Republic and the British province of Northern Ireland after Britain's departure from the EU, if Negotiations did not solve the problem.
Raab's department stated that it did not comment on the private meetings.
Report by Ishita Chigilli Palli in Bengaluru; Edited by Kevin Liffey
