Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel said that the Britain and the European Union must work out the terms of Britain's exit from the bloc before talking about their future relationship.
She said that some in Britain still had 'illusions' about the realities of the difficult negotiations, which are supposed to be completed in the next two years.
Ira Spitzer has more from Berlin.
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