SDLP, UUP to meet on arms

The SDLP and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) are due to meet at Stormont today to try to break the deadlock over how paramilitary…

The SDLP and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) are due to meet at Stormont today to try to break the deadlock over how paramilitary arms decommissioning can be handled.

A series of bilateral meetings were held during the multiparty talks at Castle Buildings, Stormont yesterday but SDLP and UUP sources conceded that little progress was made on disarmament.

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