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UK not on collision course with Ireland over Brexit – N. Ireland minister UK not on collision course with Ireland over Brexit – N. Ireland minister
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Britain’s new Northern Ireland minister Julian Smith said on Friday his country’s government was not on a collision course with the EU. The statement came after Ireland’s foreign minister criticized PM Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit. The UK’s new Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith said on Friday that Britain’s government is not on a collision course with the EU. The statement came after the Republic of Ireland’s foreign minister criticized PM Boris Johnson’s Brexit approach.
“I think we need to find solutions particularly for the issue of the border, but the prime minister was very, very clear to his cabinet yesterday that he wants to get a deal done,” Smith said in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. “I think we need to find solutions particularly for the issue of the border, but the prime minister was very, very clear to his cabinet yesterday that he wants to get a deal done,” Smith said in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Ireland’s FM Simon Coveney had said Johnson’s approach to Brexit talks was “very unhelpful” and would not lead to an agreement, Reuters reported. Irish FM Simon Coveney said Johnson’s approach to Brexit talks was “very unhelpful” and would not lead to an agreement, Reuters reported.
Johnson told Britain's parliament on Thursday that he did not want to retain the post-Brexit ‘backstop’ that would preserve an open border between Ireland and the British province of Northern Ireland in the event of longer-term trade talks collapsing. Johnson told Britain’s parliament on Thursday that he did not want to retain the post-Brexit ‘backstop’ that would preserve an open border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of longer-term trade talks collapsing.