UK minister Coffey: N. Ireland elections will 'definitely' happen

FILE PHOTO: British Environment Secretary Therese Coffey walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - British environment minister Therese Coffey said an election to Northern Ireland's regional assembly will "definitely" happen, following the refusal of the province's largest pro-British party to drop its boycott of a power-sharing government.

"There is clear emphasis that both our government and the Irish government want the executive to form and we will keep up our efforts to do so," Coffey told Sky News on Friday.