Sir Jeffrey Donaldson responds after NI minister says talks with the DUP are in the final stages.
The Democratic Unionist Party will not be pressured into shifting its stance on the Windsor Framework or power sharing, its leader has said.
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson was responding after NI minister Steve Baker said the UK government's talks with the DUP are in the final stages.Sir Jeffrey was speaking at the NI Investment Summit in Belfast."I live in the real world. I recognise the problems that we have, the challenges that we face, and I'm looking for solutions," he added.
It has been in talks with the government seeking further legislative assurances of Northern Ireland's place within the UK internal market."We outlined our concerns weeks and weeks ago. The government have responded several weeks later to those concerns, and we are now responding to their response," he said.Sir Jeffrey also said Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's "megaphone diplomacy" is harming the potential of resolving the impasse.
Leo Varadkar on Monday had reiterated calls for a "plan B" if the Stormont institutions were not restored.
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