Trump gets clear of need to avoid post-Brexit Irish border
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U.S. President Donald Trump understood in a meeting with Irish officials on Wednesday that Brexit cannot result in the return of a hard border on the island, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday.
"He said in the meeting that he was aware that the sticking point in the negotiations, one of the most difficult points, is the issue of the Irish border - and he wants to keep that (the border) open and believes that can be done," Varadkar told a news conference after the meeting at Ireland's Shannon Airport.
"He understands that has to be a shared objective, that, if the UK is going to leave with a deal, that that deal must involve legally operable guarantees that we won't see the emergence of a hard border between north and south."
(With inputs from agencies.)
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