A missed opportunity
|BELFAST
AS EXPECTED, the talks begun last June in Belfast between all Northern Ireland's political parties except Sinn Fein were adjourned on March 5th. Bipartisan assurances mean they will resume on June 3rd, after the forthcoming British general election and local elections in Ulster on May 21st.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “A missed opportunity”
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