Separate talks involving the Ulster Unionists and the SDLP on the continued deadlock in the North, have been held at Downing Street.
David Trimble emerged from a meeting with the British Prime Minister declaring it is time for nationalists and republicans to live up to their obligations over disarmament and policing.
The SDLP leader John Hume requested an urgent round-table gathering of pro-Agreement parties to try to resolve the current problems.