报导称，拉布上周二在伦敦的一个私人会议上，向爱尔兰副总理兼外交贸易部长科文尼(Simon Coveney)提出了这项要求。
It was reported that Raab made this request to Simon Coveney, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Trade Minister of Ireland, at a private meeting in London last Tuesday.