Dutch PM says initial Brexit deal has to become legal text soon


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  • Thursday, 14 Dec 2017

FILE PHOTO: Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte gestures during a news conference at Government Buildings in Dublin, Ireland December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The agreement reached Friday between Britain and the European Union on the country's initial terms of withdrawal needs to transformed into a legally binding text as soon as possible, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday.

"What is necessary is that we put the handshake of last Friday into a legally binding text. I think we need an Article 50 text as soon as possible," Rutte said on arrival to a meeting of European heads of government in Brussels.

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