UK premier meets Irish counterpart in his 1st meeting of British-Irish Council

Representatives from UK, Irish governments convening in Edinburgh with attendance of both prime ministers as well as three first ministers of regional UK governments

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday met his Irish counterpart Simon Harris in Edinburgh as part of the British-Irish Council (BIC).

Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Harris expressed pleasure to have talks with Starmer at the Council meeting.

"He and I agreed at our meetings in Chequers and Farmleigh this year that our attendance would send a clear signal from Taoiseach and Prime Minister of the reset of British and Irish relations," he wrote on X.

Ahead of meeting with Starmer, Harris had discussions with the Michelle O’Neill, First Minister of Northern Ireland and John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland, as well as Eluned Morgan, First Minister of Wales.

Micheal Martin, deputy prime minister and foreign minister of Ireland also met with Starmer, having "warm and constructive" meeting.

"Welcome the renewed commitment to the British-Irish relationship. Discussed Northern Ireland including legacy issues, EU-UK relations and the forthcoming Ireland-UK summit," he wrote on X.

It becomes Starmer's first meeting of the BIC, which aims to promote the harmonious and mutually beneficial development of the totality of relationships among the peoples of the UK and Ireland, since its establishment in 1999.

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