Simon Coveney to meet with US Speaker Nancy Pelosi 

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney's arrival in the US coincides with the lifting of the US travel ban on tourists from the EU, a move that the minister has welcomed.

Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney will meet US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in Washington DC today.

Mr Coveney left New York for the US capital last night after a meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.