LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - British foreign minister
Dominic Raab on Wednesday said that the European Commission's
threat to ban exports of COVID-19 exports cut across previous
assurances, adding that Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen
needed to explain herself.
"I think it takes some explaining because the world's
watching ... It also cuts across the direct assurances that we
had from the Commission," Raab told Reuters in an interview.
"We expect those assurances and legal contracted supply to
be respected. Frankly, I'm surprised we're having this
conversation."
(Reporting by William James, writing by Alistair Smout; editing
by Michael Holden)