BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic will tell British Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Thursday that border checks on agri-food products from Britain to Northern Ireland are an essential part of their Brexit divorce deal.
The Commission described the decision by Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister to halt such checks as “unhelpful”, creating uncertainty and unpredictability for Northern Irish businesses and citizens.
“He (Sefcovic) will recall that controls on goods arriving in Northern Ireland from Great Britain are a key element of the protocol,” a Commission spokesperson said, referring to talks planned with Truss on Thursday afternoon.
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Alex Richardson)
