Speaking to reporters on his way to the US, Mr Johnson played down the chances of discussions transforming the situation.
Boris Johnson has warned not to expect a"New York breakthrough" on Brexit as he landed in the United States ahead of two days of discussions with world leaders.
The prime minister will meet France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel for a three-way discussion about subjects including Brexit and Iran, as he searches for a way of securing a deal before the end of next month. He will also meet Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister, in the margins of the UN General Assembly, though much of the work will focus on climate change and Iran.
Mr Johnson landed on Sunday night, as he waits to hear the outcome of a Supreme Court case into whether his decision to prorogue, or send away, MPs for five weeks was lawful.Speaking to reporters on the plane, the prime minister played down the chances of the discussions transforming the situation."There will be discussions.
Pressed on where the Friday night rejection of his proposals by Brussels had left him, Mr Johnson said:"I think that a great deal of progress has been made in the sense that, you know, think about when I first became PM, everyone was saying there was no chance of changing the existing agreement, and I think that nobody is saying that."
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