An independent Scotland would not have to renegotiate 14,000 international treaties, the UK Government has admitted.
But the Foreign Office warned the figure could still be in the thousands.
Last month a report by the UK Government said Britain had signed up to 14,000 treaties worldwide and implied that an independent Scotland could face discussions over many of them with other countries.
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