UK says to skip most EU meetings from Sept 1: government

British officials will stop attending most EU meetings from September 1 except for those on"matters of ongoing national interest" such as security, the government said on Tuesday.

"This decision reflects the fact that the UK's exit from the EU on 31 October is now very close and many of the discussions in EU meetings will be about the future of the union after the UK has left," the statement said. "This decision is not intended in any way to frustrate the functioning of the EU. The UK's vote will be delegated in a way that does not obstruct the ongoing business of the remaining 27 EU members," it added.

The ministry said decisions on whether or not to attend a particular meeting would be made on a case by case basis.

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