Sinn Fein talks with UK government

Title

Sinn Fein talks with UK government

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

10 May 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:00:33

Description

Northern Ireland minister Michael Ancram addresses the press responding to Sinn Fein’s requests for talks with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew, after the first official talks between the UK Government and Sinn Fein at Stormont Castle. He says they will need to commit to decommissioning of IRA weapons before that can happen.

Contributors

Michael Ancram

Keywords

Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; IRA; Sinn Fein; Weapons; Peacebuilding; Disarmament; Patrick Mayhew; Stormont Castle

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