03/03/2004
Trimble meets Blair in London
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble is in London today for his first meeting with Prime Minister Tony Blair following his party's withdrawal from the Good Friday Agreement Review process.
Speaking on yesterday, Mr Trimble said that the UUP would take no further part in the review until they had a response to particular requests put to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Paul Murphy and the Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowan.
It follows Mr Trimble's criticism of Mr Blair for failing to impose tougher sanctions on Sinn Fein and the IRA following accusations that the terror group was involved in the recent abduction of dissident republican, Bobby Tohill.
However, Mr Trimble's decision was immediately criticised from all sides of the political divide.
SDLP leader Mark Durkan said the last thing that the political process needed was for people to walk away. He said that he thought Mr Trimble was making a "serious political mistake".
DUP Deputy Leader, Peter Robinson, has said Mr Trimble’s half-hearted “withdrawal” from the talks process, “fools no one”.
Sinn Féin, meanwhile, accused the UUP leader of engaging in "posturing without substance".
(MB)
Speaking on yesterday, Mr Trimble said that the UUP would take no further part in the review until they had a response to particular requests put to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Paul Murphy and the Irish Foreign Minister Brian Cowan.
It follows Mr Trimble's criticism of Mr Blair for failing to impose tougher sanctions on Sinn Fein and the IRA following accusations that the terror group was involved in the recent abduction of dissident republican, Bobby Tohill.
However, Mr Trimble's decision was immediately criticised from all sides of the political divide.
SDLP leader Mark Durkan said the last thing that the political process needed was for people to walk away. He said that he thought Mr Trimble was making a "serious political mistake".
DUP Deputy Leader, Peter Robinson, has said Mr Trimble’s half-hearted “withdrawal” from the talks process, “fools no one”.
Sinn Féin, meanwhile, accused the UUP leader of engaging in "posturing without substance".
(MB)
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