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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