BRUSSELS, 29 Jun - (ANA) - European Union leaders are meeting on day two of what has become a crisis summit in Brussels, but without the UK after its vote to leave the bloc. The 27 other member states will discuss plans for the UK's likely EU exit, with the UK absent from negotiations for the first time in 40 years. On Tuesday, UK PM David Cameron said continued trade and security co-operation with the EU would be vital. Germany's Angela Merkel urged the bloc to "respect the result" of the UK vote. She and other leaders also renewed calls for Britain to set out plans for leaving as soon as possible. Arriving at the talks on Wednesday morning, Charles Michel, the Prime Minister of Belgium, told the BBC the UK "cannot afford the luxury of having a long-drawn-out political crisis". Mr Michel said trying to reach an agreement among all 27 countries would create "immobility", and suggested that a smaller, core group of countries could "move ahead more quickly, without the others preventing them". At the moment the EU and UK are locked in a kind of stalemate. EU leaders insist there can be no negotiation before the UK has formally invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which will trigger the withdrawal talks. Mr Cameron has said Article 50 should be invoked by his successor as Prime Minister, effectively pushing the beginning of the process back until at October at the very earliest.(ANA)

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