UNITED KINGDOM: SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS CALLS FOR MORE PROGRESS ON THE DEMILITARISATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND IN WAKE OF PEACE AGREEMENT

Record ID: 337560

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS CALLS FOR MORE PROGRESS ON THE DEMILITARISATION OF NORTHERN IRELAND IN WAKE OF PEACE AGREEMENT
  • Date: 27th April 1998
  • Summary: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (APRIL 27, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV SINN FEIN LEADER GERRY ADAMS AND SINN FEIN CHIEF NEGOTIATOR MARTIN MCGUINNESS WALK UP TO THE CAMERAS 0.10 2. SV CUTAWAY CAMERAS/POLICEMAN 0.16 3. SLV ADAMS AND MCGUINNESS WALK INTO NUMBER 10 (PRIME MINISTERS OFFICE) 0.33 4. PAN DOWN FROM ROOM WHERE MEETING IS TAKING PLACE TO
  • Embargoed: 12th May 1998 13:00
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA8Q0V4OGU8M8YI7T9S7T1UJUEV
  • Story Text: The leader of the political wing of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) has called for more progress on the "demilitarisation" of Northern Ireland in the wake of the peace agreement.

    Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams sat down with British Prime Minister Tony Blair for over an hour on Monday (April 27) at Downing Street to discuss the peace deal currently on the table.

    The agreement was thrashed out on April 10 with Northern Ireland's seven other main Protestant and Catholic parties and the British and Irish governments.Sinn Fein said it will decide whether or not to endorse the agreement on May 10th, during a special conference.

    It will then be put to a referendum in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic on May 22.

    Gerry Adams said demilitarisation had been amongst some of the crucial issues he discussed with the Prime Minister as well as the role of the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary).They needed to be raised because they represent what he said were injustices against catholics in Northern Ireland.

    McGuinness stressed that his party felt positive about the deal and that Sinn Fein will come up with definite proposals come May 10.

    For republicans who want Irish unity, the deal offers new, cross-border institutions setting up links between the north and the republic.Their aspirations to a united Ireland will also be acknowledged.

    The main Northern Ireland pro-British Ulster Unionist Party has overwhelmingly endorsed the agreement and on Friday two Protestant guerrilla groups gave it their backing.


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