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UK PM Boris favors the N. Ireland Brexit Protocol, calls it lawful
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LONDON, 13 March, 2021 (TON): It was right and lawful to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol, said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
On a visit to N. Ireland on Friday, he said, “What we’re doing is taking some lawful, some technical measures to build up confidence in the east-west operation (of the protocol).”
While referring to the April 1998 agreement, he said, “We think it’s lawful, and indeed, we think it is right, in view of the impact on the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement, and the need to have consent from both communities.”
As the Britain unilaterally extended grace periods for the implementation of post-Brexit checks on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, the remarks came after that.
The UK will extend the periods till October as first of these periods was to expire at the end of March, that the EU considers is breaching of international law.
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