It is expected that the proposals of the Irish and British governments will be published in the next 24 hours
In their role as co-chairs of the negotiations, Northern Ireland Secretary Julian Smith and Tánaiste Simon Coveney have agreed what they believe is a fair basis to resolve a range of contentious issues.
The last DUP/Sinn Féin-led coalition government collapsed in January 2017 over a row about a botched green energy scheme. Proposed legislative protections for Irish language speakers and reform of a contentious Stormont voting mechanism - called the petition of concern - have been the crucial sticking points in the most recent talks process, which got under way following the UK general election.
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