The United Kingdom has agreed to grant full ambassadorial status to the European Union’s representative in London, following months of Brexi, cause of tension, the two sides announced today.
“The EU ambassador will have a status similar to that of the heads of state delegations, including the approval and presentation of credentials to the head of state,” British Foreign Secretary Dominique Raab and EU Commissioner Josep Borrell said in a statement.
Initially, Britain refused to grant the same diplomatic status and privileges to EU Ambassador Joao Valle de Almeida as it does to envoys from other countries, on the grounds that the EU is not a nation state.
The European Union responded by excluding the British ambassador to Brussels from the meetings. The dispute was resolved after a meeting between British Foreign Secretary Dominique Raab and European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell on the sidelines of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in London.
“We are pleased to reach an agreement together, based on goodwill and pragmatism,” Raab said in a statement today.
Under the Vienna Convention governing Diplomatic Relations, envoys representing countries have certain privileges, such as immunity from detention and, in some cases, persecution, as well as tax exemptions.
Representatives of international organizations whose status is not covered by the Convention tend to have limited and less clearly defined privileges.
The European Commission, the executive body of the Union of 27 Member States, has said that all 143 EU Delegations around the world have been granted the equivalent of diplomatic missions.
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