Brussels, Shawwal 13, 1437, July 18, 2016, SPA -- Boris Johnson, Britain's newly-appointed foreign secretary said his country would not abandon its leading role in European cooperation as he prepared to meet his EU counterparts in Brussels on Monday, Reuters reported. "The message I'll be taking to our friends ... is that we have to give effect to the will of the people and leave the EU, but that in no sense means that we are leaving Europe," Johnson said. He had told EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini the same thing when the two met late Sunday, Britain's top diplomat added. --SPA 12:47 LOCAL TIME 09:47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w