Pursuit of peace to go on

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night promised to continue to pursue elements of the joint declaration of the Irish and British Governments despite the postponement of Northern Assembly elections yesterday.

Pursuit of peace to go on

"We will implement some aspects of the joint declaration where it is possible to do so. And we will use the basis of the Joint Declaration for the ongoing work of building trust and confidence over the coming months," said Mr Ahern, adding his regret that the document could not be released in the context that was intended.

The Government's Joint Declaration which was originally due to be published on April 10, but was withheld pending IRA clarification of its intentions contains proposals aimed at the completion of the Good Friday Agreement.

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