Britain wants to resolve issues with an agreement for post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland as quickly as possible and will work "constructively" with the European Union, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.
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DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union on Wednesday rebuffed a British demand to extend a grace period for checks on goods going from Britain to Northern Ireland, saying the post-Brexit trade treaty gave London enough tools to solve the problems.
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But it agreed to “work intensively” with Britain to resolve difficulties that have already impeded deliveries of goods, notably food, from other parts of the United Kingdom and caused shortages in supermarkets, even with a grace period still in force.
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DUBLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Ireland will be flexible regarding any possible extension of grace periods for checks on goods going between Britain and Northern Ireland, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Wednesday.
“From an Irish perspective we want there to be some flexibility here if its possible to do that,” Coveney told national broadcaster RTE.
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NI s Veterans Commissioner has said he does not know if he would engage in further discussions on legacy that were branded a secret talks process by victims.
The Lambeth Palace event, held in London in November, was hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Some victims groups said they had been excluded from the talks.
Danny Kinahan, who was appointed veterans commissioner in September, was among those invited to take part.
He said it had opened the door to further engagement on a range of issues.
Speaking at a meeting of Westminster s NI Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Mr Kinahan said he had been asked to discuss an academic set of principles about how the legacy process could move forward.