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24/10/2006
Governments to discuss St Andrews Agreement
Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Peter Hain is to travel to Dublin today to meet with the Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern to discuss the implementations of the St Andrews Agreement.
It is understood that the pair will also discuss the necessity of Sinn Fein members taking a pledge of allegiance to the PSNI, which sparked criticism from the DUP last week, resulting in the party's leader refusing to attend a meeting with Gerry Adams claiming that his party was unconvinced that Sinn Fein would support the local police force.
The DUP has said that they will not enter into government with Sinn Fein until they changed their current stance on policing.
Speaking yesterday, the Secretary of State said that he was “optimistic” that a resolution could be reached and added that the current policing situation was nothing more than a “glitch.”
The Northern Ireland political parties have been given until November 10 to make a response to the St Andrews Agreement, which will involve a First and Deputy First Minister being elected on November 24, with the result of a fully devolved local all-party power-sharing assembly being established by March 26 2007.
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It is understood that the pair will also discuss the necessity of Sinn Fein members taking a pledge of allegiance to the PSNI, which sparked criticism from the DUP last week, resulting in the party's leader refusing to attend a meeting with Gerry Adams claiming that his party was unconvinced that Sinn Fein would support the local police force.
The DUP has said that they will not enter into government with Sinn Fein until they changed their current stance on policing.
Speaking yesterday, the Secretary of State said that he was “optimistic” that a resolution could be reached and added that the current policing situation was nothing more than a “glitch.”
The Northern Ireland political parties have been given until November 10 to make a response to the St Andrews Agreement, which will involve a First and Deputy First Minister being elected on November 24, with the result of a fully devolved local all-party power-sharing assembly being established by March 26 2007.
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