NI leaders to attend new East-West Council meeting

It is separate from the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference - the east-west body set up under the Good Friday Agreement.The first meeting will be attended by First Minister of Northern Ireland Michelle O'Neill, Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris.

Michael Gove, the British Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, who will chair the meeting, said the EWC was an important part of the deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland. "The government is committed to working with our partners in the Northern Ireland Executive and across the UK to address shared challenges and opportunities including with an east-west dimension," he said.That document also revoked part of the Withdrawal Agreement in which the British government committed to protecting the"all-island economy".

It states that the British government's priority is to protect Northern Ireland's place in the UK internal market.

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