UK-Northern Ireland: Peacetalks

Record ID: 3749

  • Title: UK-Northern Ireland: Peacetalks
  • Date: 10th May 1995
  • Summary: Talks on peace in Northern Ireland between the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein and a British government delegation broke up on May 10 1995, after almost four hours. Sinn Fein - the political wing of the outlawed Irish Republican Army - has not held talks with a British minister since a secret meeting in 1972. But today Sinn Fein's chief negotiator Martin McGuiness shook hands with the junior minister for Northern Ireland, Michael Ancram. The British government had refused to hold talks until Sinn Fein agreed to make progress towards decommissioning IRA weapons after 25 years of guerrilla war. But Sinn Fein countered with demands for equal treatment with other parties involved in peace talks on the grounds that it held an electoral mandate as an elected party.
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  • Location: UK NORTHERN IRELAND BELFAST PARLIAMENTS STORMONT CASTLE
  • Reuters ID: LDL001225W3RZ
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