Good Friday Agreement: Full Text of Statement by Governments

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THE following is a statement issued by the two governments:

1 In recent weeks the two governments have taken stock of progress in implementing the Good Friday Agreement.

2 Much progress has already been made but there has been disagreement over how and when implementation of remaining aspects of the Agreement should be achieved.

3 The governments now believe that the remaining steps necessary to secure full implementation of the agreement can be achieved by June 2001, and commit themselves to that goal. They have drawn up and are communicating to the parties, an account of these steps.

4 Subject to a positive response to this statement the British …