Global Courant
LONDON
The British and Irish governments agreed on Monday that the re-establishment of Parliament in Northern Ireland is “critical” to the country’s stability.
British Foreign Secretary for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris and Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin met at the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference in London, according to the British government’s statement.
“The Conference discussed the impact of the Windsor Framework on Executive formation and agreed that this lays a solid foundation for progress in Northern Ireland,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the two sides agreed that the Windsor Framework provides “certainty and stability” for the people of Northern Ireland.
The framework officially replaced the Northern Ireland protocol in March. It now seeks to keep Northern Ireland within EU trade rules while reducing control of some goods passing through the Irish Sea.