UK's Sunak takes first trip to Northern Ireland as PM

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, November, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

BELFAST (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was due to arrive in Northern Ireland on Thursday to meet with the main political parties in his first visit to the region since taking office in October, his office said.

The talks are likely to focus on a dispute over post-Brexit trade rules governing the region, which has blocked a normalisation of relations between Britain and the European Union and plunged local politics into crisis.