Brexit talks can only begin once Britain triggers Article 50: German govt

Berlin: Negotiations about Britain`s future relationship with the remaining 27 European Union members can only start once the British government has invoked Article 50 to start the divorce talks, a German government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Asked about British Prime Minister Theresa May`s announcement that Britain would leave the EU`s single market, government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer declined to comment.

She added, however, that EU member states remained united in their position that the bloc`s "four freedoms" - of movement of goods, capital, people, and services - were inseparable.