Irish PM says no sign of Britain backtracking on border deal


  • World
  • Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May welcomes Ireland's Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to Downing Street in London, September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - There has been no sign that Britain intends to backtrack on the commitments it made in December on the Irish border and doing so would erode trust for the rest of the Brexit negotiations, Ireland's Prime Minister said on Thursday.

A breakthrough on the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, which will be the UK's only land frontier with the EU after its departure, allowed negotiators to strike a deal in December that paved the way for talks on future trade ties.

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