Providing a summary of the ground covered in Friday's talks, the spokesperson said:"He [Lord Frost] noted that, as set out to the House of Lords on 10 November, it remained the UK's preference to find a consensual way forward, but that Article 16 safeguards were a legitimate part of the protocol's provisions.October: Frost says still a 'big gap' between UK and EU
"Lord Frost also underlined the need to address the full range of issues the UK had identified in the course of discussions, if a comprehensive and durable solution was to be found that supported the Belfast Agreement and was in the best interests of Northern Ireland. "In this context, although talks had so far been conducted in a constructive spirit, Lord Frost underlined that in order to make progress, it was important to bring new energy and impetus to discussions."withdrawal deal struck between London and Brussels and is designed to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.
As part of the arrangement, Northern Ireland remains under some EU rules and there are checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain. But having negotiated and signed up to the arrangement, the UK has now put forward proposals to change it.
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