PLANS by George Mitchell to visit Belfast next week to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement negotiations have been welcomed by the leaders of the two parties widely credited with delivering the accord.
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As chairperson of the talks process, Senator George Mitchell had been very clear with all the parties. We had a hard deadline of Thursday, April 9, to get a deal agreed. If it couldn’t be done after almost two years of talking, there was nothing more he could do for us he was going home.