IRA Statement

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday October 30, 2002 18:03 by Posting from ireland.com

(16:58) In a statement to be published in tomorrow’s edition of An Phoblacht, the IRA has announced that it has ended contact with the International Commission on Decommissioning.

(16:58) In a statement to be published in tomorrow’s edition of An Phoblacht, the IRA has announced that it has ended contact with the International Commission on Decommissioning.

The paramilitary organisation has again accused the British Government of trying to impose unacceptable and untenable ultimatums on the IRA.

The Minister for Justice, Michael McDowell, said he regretted the decision of the IRA to disengage from the decommissioning body. He believed that was a tactical step and was not significant.

The Minister said the move was a negotiating position and a distraction from the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and, he believed, they would have to re-engage with that body.