Thread by @hayward_katy

@VP Pence assured @LeoVaradkar the US “will continue to encourage the UK & IRL, to ensure that any #Brexit respects the #GoodFridayAgreement.”

This challenge is a live one.
And it’s going to remain so.

NI civic & business groups urge 🇺🇸 Congress to uphold this commitment.
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@VP @LeoVaradkar In a letter to 🇺🇸 @SpeakerPelosi they summarise conditions for #peace which must be protected through & after #Brexit:

* Normalisation of security arrangements
* Economic stability & investment
* Equal rights & non-discrimination of citizens here
* Cross-border cooperation

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@VP @LeoVaradkar @SpeakerPelosi They note “the growing sense of danger in N.Ireland
& our diminishing capacity to avert it.”

NI is set to suffer worst effects of a #NoDeal or ‘hard’ #Brexit.

ukandeu.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

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@VP @LeoVaradkar @SpeakerPelosi Their ask?
“We urge Congress to satisfy itself that the truly #transformational foundations for #peace and #prosperity here [in N.Ireland], which were laid with the indispensable aid of the United States, are not undermined in any manner by decisions to be taken in Congress”

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@VP @LeoVaradkar @SpeakerPelosi The letter is signed by civil liberty groups, community organisations, trade unions & representatives of businesses across Northern Ireland:
@CCBSCrossBorder
@ChildLawCentre
@CAJNi
@CFNIreland
@disabilityni
@FPTNI
@Freight_NI
@BillofRightsNI
@Derry_Chamber
@ManufacturingNI

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@VP @LeoVaradkar @SpeakerPelosi @CCBSCrossBorder @ChildLawCentre @CAJNi @CFNIreland @disabilityni @FPTNI @Freight_NI @BillofRightsNI @Derry_Chamber @ManufacturingNI @MPANIreland
@NewryChamber
@NMEA_WIN_NEWRY
NIC- @irishcongress
@NICVA
@NIfoodanddrink
@retail_ni
@SIPTU
@the_brc (NI)
@UNISONNI
@UsdawUnion
@wibni

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