UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson refuses to attend the European Union special meeting called to discuss the victory of US President-elect Donald Trump.
“The Foreign Secretary will not attend the meeting convened for Sunday,” said a foreign office spokesman on Saturday.
But Johnson would attend a regular Foreign Affairs Council meeting the following day, according to the spokesman, who said “a range of issues can be discussed in the normal way.”
“We do not see the need for an additional meeting on Sunday because the US election timetable is long established,” he added. “An act of democracy has taken place, there is a transition period and we will work with the current and future administrations to ensure the best outcomes for Britain.”
On Friday, Johnson said that Trump’s election risked upsetting EU ties with the US “fundamentally and structurally.”
“We will need to teach the president-elect what Europe is and how it works,” Johnson said adding…