Britain firm on pulling out from Irish border backstop
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Britain will make a unilateral statement that nothing can prevent it pulling out of an Irish border backstop if talks about a future relationship with the European Union after Brexit break down, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Monday.
In a news conference in Strasbourg, May said that in addition to a joint instrument and a joint statement announced earlier in parliament, Britain would also make a Unilateral Declaration on the so-called backstop - an insurance policy aimed at avoiding a hard border on the island of Ireland.
If the backstop comes into force and talks on the future relationship break down with no prospect of an agreement, May said the declaration would make clear: "it is the position of the United Kingdom that there would be nothing to prevent the UK instigating measures that would ultimately dis-apply the backstop."
(With inputs from agencies.)
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