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France calls for new British prime minister to be named soon

Published: 25 Jun 2016 - 02:00 pm | Last Updated: 02 Nov 2021 - 05:21 pm
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Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders and Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders (L-R) attend a press conference after a foreign minister meeting of the EU founding members in Berlin, Germany, June 25, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt


Berlin: France's foreign minister urged Britain Saturday to quickly name a new prime minister so that the process of the country's exit from the European Union can begin.

"A new prime minister must be designated, that will take a few days," Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters at crisis talks in Berlin over Britain's shock referendum to quit the EU. 

AFP