(VOVworld) – On Saturday, Belgium Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said his country is ready to replace Britain to the post of the EU presidency in the second half of 2017 as Britain is preparing for its negotiation to leave the EU or Brexit.

Belgium Foreign Minister Didier Reynders (Photo: AFP/ VNA)

The proposal was made at the NATO summit held in Poland from July 8-9 after Estonia, the country to take the EU presidency in the first half of 2018 asked if Belgium could replace Britain to take this post. The proposal was also discussed between Belgium and other European countries on the sideline of the Asia-Europe Summit in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, and was backed by President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker.