Title

Northern Ireland peace talks

Genre

Press conference; Speech

TX Date

29 Nov 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:21

Description

Press statement extract by UK Prime Minister John Major at Number 10 Downing Street following talks with Irish Premier John Bruton agreed a new peace initiative and prior to a meeting with US President Bill Clinton on Northern Ireland peace talks. He says he could not see all-party talks starting without some actual decommissioning of weapons by the IRA.

Contributors

John Major

Keywords

USA; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Ireland; UK; IRA; Political parties; Sinn Fein; Diplomacy; Peacebuilding; Summits (meetings); Disarmament

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