Martin and Higgins joining other world leaders at funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday
The two leaders also discussed the Northern Ireland protocol and they agreed an opportunity exists for the European Union and the United Kingdom to find a negotiated outcome to the disagreements on the mechanism for avoiding a hard Border in Ireland.
Earlier this week Mr Martin said the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator is demonstrating “flexibility” and a “desire to be solution-driven” in proposing ideas on resolving the Northern Ireland protocol issue. Maroš Šefčovič told the Financial Times that physical customs checks across the Irish Sea could be reduced to just a few lorries a day, as he expressed hope Ms Truss was ready to do a deal over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland.
Mr Martin said he had spoken to Ms Truss late last week, and they had a good preliminary discussion. He added: “We will meet again on these issues.” He said he believes there is a view “that we should do everything we possibly can to resolve this issue”.
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