Ireland rules out possibility of changes in proposed Brexit deal

The legal text of the agreement on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union will not change, Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Monday, a day before Britain's parliament is to vote on whether to accept it.

Coveney said the withdrawal treaty, negotiated by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May, was a "hard-won compromise" that was fair to both the EU and Britain and would not be re-negotiated.

"The deal ... is not going to change. Particularly the legal language of the withdrawal treaty. I hope people will see it for what it is, which is a fair, balanced document," he said on entering talks of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.