Brussels – First meeting in London on Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol between the commission’s vice-chairman maros sefkovic and the new British negotiator and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, liz truss, The meeting, explains a joint note, took place in a “cordial atmosphere” and the two will meet again in Brussels on 24 January, while technical meetings will take place in the previous days. “Negotiations will intensify. We share the desire for a positive relationship between the EU and the UK, backed by our shared belief in freedom and democracy”, underline Safekovic and Truss.