'Intensive negotiations', UK ministers to speak to EU's Sefcovic on
Monday
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[February 20, 2023]
LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister James Cleverly and
Northern Ireland minister Chris Heaton-Harris will speak to European
Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic on Monday, part of "intensive"
talks to try find agreement on post-Brexit trade rules with Northern
Ireland.
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European Commission Vice-President for
Interinstitutional Relations Maros Sefcovic speaks during a news
conference after a meeting with British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, in
Brussels, Belgium February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron |
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spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told reporters the
talks were part of engagement with Brussels on the so-called
Northern Ireland protocol, a process which also involved regular
contact with parties in Northern Ireland.
"It's clear we need to find solutions that protect Northern
Ireland's place in our internal market, safeguard the Good
Friday Agreement and resolve the practical issues the protocol
is causing," the spokesperson told reporters.
"But the prime minister has been clear that we have not resolved
all of those issues and no deal has been done as yet."
(Reporting by Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper. Editing by
Andrew MacAskill)
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