• UK Sturgeon remains at the gates of an absolute majority in Scotland

British Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

has invited Scottish Chief Minister Nicola

Sturgeon

to a

UK

"summit of nations"

after she announced her intention to call for a new independence referendum after falling one step away. obtain an absolute majority in regional elections.

Johnson sent a letter to

Sturgeon

and to the top officials in Wales,

Mark Drakeford

, and Northern Ireland,

Arlene Foster

and

Michelle O'Neil

l, inviting them to the appointment to urge them to show a "spirit of unity and cooperation", to rebuild the country after the

pandemic

.

The

Party Scottish National

(SNP) of Sturgeon remained, with 64 seats, just one of the absolute majority in the regional parliament, but can count on its Green allies to form a

government and claim a new after consultation of 2014.

Despite this, unionist parties reached more than 50% of the vote, according to the British media.

After certifying her victory, the Scottish leader declared that she will seek another referendum "once the

Covid

crisis

passes

", something that Johnson had previously ruled out in an interview on

The Telegraph

.

The prime minister called the summit of regional leaders to address the

"shared challenges"

to recover the economy after the pandemic and stated in his letter that "the country is better served when we work together."

"I would like to

invite you

to join me, colleagues of the British Government and others at a summit to address shared challenges and how we can work together in the coming months and years to overcome ,

" said

Johnson

of

Sturgeon

in his message, unveiled by Downing Street.

The prime minister acknowledges that everyone has "their own perspectives and ideas" and that therefore they will not always agree, but "trusts" that by learning from each other they will be able to "rebuild better, in the interest of the people."

The British Cabinet Minister (similar to the portfolio of the Presidency),

Michael Gove

, in an interview on

Sky News

asked

policy makers "instead of concentrating on the things that divide, concentrate on what unites us."

"If we get caught up in a conversation about referendums and constitutions, we will be diverting attention from the issues that matter most to people in Scotland and across the UK," Gove said.

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