Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Picture date: Monday November 7, 2022. Steve Reigate/Pool via REUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen agreed to work to resolve problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol at a meeting at the COP27 conference in Egypt on Monday, Sunak's office said.
"The Prime Minister reiterated the need to find solutions to the very real problems (the protocol) had created on the ground in Northern Ireland," a Downing Street spokesperson said.
"They agreed on the importance of working together to agree a resolution."
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Picture date: Monday November 7, 2022. Steve Reigate/Pool via REUTERS
(Reporting by Muvija M., wiriting by Farouq Suleiman, editing by Paul Sandle)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the Cop27 summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Picture date: Monday November 7, 2022. Steve Reigate/Pool via REUTERS
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