British Prime Minister to seek negotiated solution over Northern Ireland

British Prime Minister Liz Truss is seeking a negotiated solution with the European Union to resoluteness tensions implicit the Northern Ireland protocol, she said successful an interrogation with CNN Sunday.

The Northern Ireland protocol was designed to support bid successful the portion pursuing Brexit, and arsenic a subordinate of parliament, Truss introduced authorities to dissolve it. U.S. President Joe Biden has warned against disrupting bid successful Northern Ireland, and the 2 leaders discussed the contented astatine their archetypal in-person gathering Wednesday.

"What's important is that we support and respect the positions of some the nationalist assemblage successful Northern Ireland arsenic good arsenic the unionist assemblage successful Northern Ireland," Truss said Sunday.

Truss is besides facing rising tensions from Commonwealth nations astir the globe pursuing the decease of Queen Elizabeth II, which has reignited debates implicit whether the nations should sever ties with the British monarchy.

Truss said she has seen an "outpouring of emotion and affection" for the precocious Queen, and she is precise supportive of the Commonwealth.

"I deliberation the Commonwealth is simply a unit for good," she said. "It's a believer successful state and democracy, and we request much of that successful a satellite wherever we are facing these authoritarian regimes who privation to subvert those ideas."