China News Service, January 26. According to "Central News Agency" reports, the UK has recently refused to grant the EU ambassador to the UK the status of a sovereign state ambassador. On the 25th, the European Union severely criticized that this is not a friendly signal and the EU will not accept it.
At the time of Britain's "Brexit", the diplomatic turmoil between the two sides attracted attention.
Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, held a press conference after the EU foreign ministers' meeting, saying that the EU's 27 member states' foreign ministers will discuss relations with the UK and express his position on the recent diplomatic turmoil.
Borrell criticized that the United Kingdom immediately sent the EU an unfriendly signal after leaving the European Union. If things continue to develop, there will be no good prospects.
The UK has adopted the only approach in the world that does not recognize the diplomatic status of the EU delegation, which the EU will not accept.
He said that he hoped Britain would treat the EU delegation in the same way without any delay.
Britain decided to leave the European Union in a referendum in 2016, and Brexit has just taken effect completely on December 31, 2020, ending the tortuous Brexit process and ending 46 years of EU membership.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Britain refused to grant the EU ambassador to the UK, Joao Vale de Almeida (Joao Vale de Almeida) full diplomatic status, leading to disputes between the two sides.
The BBC stated that the British Foreign Office refused to grant Almeida and his team the same diplomatic status and special treatment as other countries’ ambassadors based on the fact that the EU is not a nation-state.