China News Service, January 22. According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the 21st, the United Kingdom currently refuses to grant the EU ambassador to London full diplomatic status, leading to another dispute in the relationship between Britain and Europe.
On January 29, 2020 local time, the European Parliament approved the "Brexit" agreement.
After the vote, the parliamentarians hand in hand sang the classic Scottish song "Friendship is Everlasting", and bid farewell to Britain with this well-known "Farewell Song".
China News Agency issued photos for EU
According to reports, the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unwilling to grant the EU ambassador to the UK Joao Vale de Almeida and his team full diplomatic status, only treating them as representatives of international organizations.
The British side’s reason for this is that the European Union is not a sovereign state.
In this regard, the European Union said that the European Union is not a typical international organization because it has its own currency, judicial system and the power to make laws.
The European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell has sent a letter to the British Foreign Secretary Raab expressing "serious concern" on this matter.
Borelli said that these arrangements neither reflected the particularity of the EU, nor did they respond to the future relationship between the EU and the UK.
It is understood that the European Union has delegations in more than 140 countries around the world, equivalent to a diplomatic mission.
At present, these delegations have complete diplomatic status in all the countries where they are stationed except the United Kingdom.
The BBC said the British Foreign Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.