Biden administration not taking sides in UK-EU rift on Northern Ireland, says aide | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, March 17 — The Biden administration will not take sides in a British-European Union rift over the movement of goods to Northern Ireland, a senior US official said ahead of a meeting between President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin. Biden and Martin are set to meet...

Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 04:59 PM MYT

Biden and Martin are set to meet virtually today, St. Patrick’s Day, as disputes simmer related to the implementation of agreements put into place as the UK exited the European Union.The dispute has raised tensions in the region, more than two decades after a 1998 peace deal largely ended three decades of violence between mostly Protestant unionists, who want Northern Ireland to stay in the UK, and mostly Catholic nationalists looking to unite the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.

Earlier this month, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary groups said they were temporarily withdrawing support for the 1998 peace agreement due to concerns over the Brexit deal. No decision has been made on the US appointment of a special envoy to deal with Northern Ireland, the US official said.

 

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