Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May signs in the Cabinet office inside 10 Downing Street on Tuesday the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, invoking Article 50 and signalling the United Kingdom’s intention to leave the E.U. | Photo Credit: AFPmore-inBritish Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed a historic letter that will launch Brexit when it is delivered to Brussels on Wednesday, a photo released by her office showed. The letter will be taken from 10 Downing Street to Brussels, where it will be delivered by Tim Barrow, Britain’s E.U. ambassador, to EU President Donald Tusk on Wednesday. “They agreed that a strong EU was in everyone’s interests and that the U.K. would remain a close and committed ally,” Downing Street said.

Source: The Hindu March 28, 2017 21:56 UTC