The Latest: Merkel: Brexit won’t spoil Rome summit

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, looks at a man wearing virtual reality glasses during a visit at the booth of Vodafone as part of a walkabout at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, looks at a man wearing virtual reality glasses during a visit at the booth of Vodafone as part of a walkabout at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

By Associated Press March 20, 2017 3 min read

LONDON (AP) – The Latest on Brexit (all times local):

1:15 p.m.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is rejecting the idea that Britain’s impending notification of its intention to leave the European Union will overshadow an upcoming summit to mark the 60th anniversary of the EU’s founding treaty.

The other EU leaders will meet in Rome on Saturday. Britain announced Monday that it will formally trigger the process of leaving the EU on March 29.

Merkel noted that British Prime Minister Theresa May always said that would happen before the end of March.