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The Indian-origin prime ministers of Britain and Ireland, Rishi Sunak and Leo Varadkar, met on Monday to oversee a historic power-sharing deal in Northern Ireland, two years after the devolved administrations took over.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Leo Varadkar met at Parliament House at Stormont Castle in Belfast to praise efforts to restore devolution in Northern Ireland.

They also met separately with political leaders, including First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengeri, who heads the administration for the devolved areas. Pengelly belongs to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).

“It’s time to get to work,” Rishi Sunak said after the meeting.

“We have worked extremely hard to successfully protect Northern Ireland’s place in the Union and build on the results we achieved through the Windsor Framework to ensure the smooth flow of UK trade and all the benefits of Brexit can be achieved .caught,” he said.

Southampton-born Rishi Sunak’s roots are linked to Punjab, while Dublin-born Leo Varadkar’s family roots are from Maharashtra.

Downing Street read out the historic discussion between British Indian and Irish Indian leaders. Rishi Sunak first congratulated the Irish rugby team for their resounding victory over France in Friday’s Six Nations tie. Team.

“It has been a challenging time but patience has proven to be the key to reaching a deal. Now that the agencies are up and running again, he hopes to see all three departments functioning equally well. The sense of relief and optimism among the people of Northern Ireland is huge Being eye-catching makes it all worthwhile,” a Downing Street statement read.

The two leaders agreed that a “stable, effective and successful” Northern Ireland – which is part of the UK and borders Ireland – would be very beneficial to the UK-Ireland relationship.

The UK government has pledged a financial package worth £3.3bn to all new Stormont executives, with Rishi Sunak calling it “generous and fair”.

Power-sharing returns after months of negotiations between the government and Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party. It withdrew from power-sharing in February 2022 in protest at the UK’s post-Brexit Northern Ireland trading arrangements with the European Union (EU).

Last week, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson announced that the party had reached an agreement with Number 10, which means there will no longer be “routine” checks on goods from the UK to Northern Ireland. He said that on this basis his party would return to government as more changes were introduced through legislation in Westminster.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar wrote on the visitor’s register at Parliament House in Belfast: “It is a pleasure to be here on an important day for Northern Ireland to witness democratic devolution and the Passion of the Christ. Japan Agreement.” Signed in 1998 by then British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern with the support of then US President Bill Clinton The Good Friday Agreement ended the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland (the so-called “Trouble”).

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