EU and UK take ‘decisive step’ for Brexit transition; Northern Ireland border issue still to be resolved

The United Kingdom and European Union have agreed on Monday on a “large part” of the agreement that will lead to the withdrawal of the Great Britain from the EU, but issues still to be resolved include the Northern Ireland border, according to BBC.

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, and David Davis, UK’s Brexit Secretary, said in a press conference that the deal on the implementation period was a “decisive step”.

The transitional period is set to last from 29 March 2019 to December 2020.

“A decisive step remains a step; we are not at the end of the road and there still remains a lot of work to be done, including on Ireland and Northern Ireland,” Barnier said, quoted by Reuters.

Barnier told reporters there was also an agreement on the rights of 4.5 million EU citizens in the UK and the 1.2 million UK citizens in the EU after Brexit.

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The agreement will give EU citizens arriving in the UK during the transition period the same rights as those who arrive before Brexit.