U.K. Says N. Ireland Solutions Needed Urgently Ahead of EU Talks
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The U.K. government said negotiations with the European Union over the Northern Ireland Protocol need solutions “urgently” ahead of new talks aimed at closing key disagreements between the parties.
A team from the EU Commission will travel to London on Tuesday, after which Brexit Minister David Frost and the Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic are due to meet and take stock of progress at the end of the week, according to a U.K. government statement. Although a first round of discussions was constructive, the parties are still far apart on some fundamental aspects of the dispute, particularly the issue of governance, the U.K. said.