London March 29 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May made telephone calls late Tuesday to German Chancellor Angela Merkel European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Downing Street said.
A Downing Street spokesperson said the phone calls were aimed to update them ahead of the letter giving notification of the UK s intention to withdraw from the European Union being delivered tomorrow (Wednesday).
In separate calls they agreed that a strong EU was in everyone s interests and that the UK would remain a close and committed ally.
They also agreed on the importance of entering into negotiations in a constructive and positive spirit and of ensuring a smooth and orderly exit process the spokesperson said.
After the phone calls May signed the Article 50 notification letter which will officially begin Britain s exit from the European Union (EU) local media said.
May will officially trigger Article 50 in the letter that will be hand delivered to Tusk at 1:30 p.m. Brussels time on Wednesday the BBC reported.
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