UK PM Johnson says there is the 'rough shape' of a Brexit deal to be done
We are working incredibly hard to get a deal
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday there was the "rough shape" of a Brexit deal to be done and he was cautiously optimistic an agreement could be reached to smooth Britain s exit from the European Union.
"We are working incredibly hard to get a deal. There is the rough shape of a deal to be done," he told an event in northern England.
Johnson is due to hold talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the bloc s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier on Monday.
"We ll talk about the ideas that we have been working on, and we ll see where we get. I would say I m cautiously optimistic."
