Adams and McGuinness meet Blair in London
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said that talks are the only way to resolve the current stalemate in the Irish peace process.
Speaking after discussions this morning with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mr Adams said: "I think that we’ve got a lot of work to do and that depends on how collectively we can take our responsibilities."
Martin McGuinness, who also attended the meeting, said Sinn Fein is absolutely committed to the peace process. " I think it’s very important, in the backdrop of these world events, that the Irish peace process is a success so we can hold it up as an example to the rest of the world," he said.
Sinn Fein travelled to London to meet Mr Blair today as yet another UUP-created crisis threatens to irreparably damage the peace process.
Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has ordered his ministers to resign from the Northern Assembly in protest at the IRA’s delay in decommissioning weapons.
Yesterday, two separate motions to have Sinn Fein expelled from Government failed, triggering Mr Trimble’s plans to collapse the Assembly and force a review of the Good Friday Agreement.
Gerry Adams laid the blame for the current crisis squarely with the Ulster Unionists. "I think the political situation will collapse if Mr Trimble walks out," he said. "We are not walking away from this process."
