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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain is confident it can reach a Brexit agreement with the European Union in October, the country’s chief negotiator on leaving the bloc said on Tuesday.

“If we have that ambition, that pragmatism and that energy on both sides, I’m confident we can reach that agreement by October,” Dominic Raab said after meeting EU negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels.

“There are still gaps, we’ve had an honest conversation about those,” he added.

Raab also said he wanted the sides to try agreeing on a political level what they have so far failed to iron out in technical talks.