Prime Ministers and leaders to vist Londonderry

THE regular pow wow between the British and Irish Prime Ministers and the heads of administration in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey will take place in Londonderry in 2013 to coincide with the city's year in the cultural spotlight.
By The Newsroom
Published 6th Jan 2011, 09:11 BST

First Minister Peter Robinson revealed the meeting looks set to be held here in just over two years time whilst telling the Stormont Assembly of the most recent get together of the British Irish Council (BIC) in the Isle of Man.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowan were in attendance at the council meeting on December 13 and they, their successors, or their plenipotentiaries will be in Londonderry in 2013.

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Mr Robinson addressing the Assembly said: "In conclusion, the Council agreed that the first BIC summit of 2011 will be hosted by the UK Government.

"The Council also agreed that BIC co-ordinators will examine the practicability of setting a fixed pattern of dates for future summits and that a summit meeting will take place in

Derry/Londonderry in 2013 to mark the year of culture."

BIC was formed in the wake of the Belfast Agreement in 1998 and has met fifteen times since then.

It was formally established when the British-Irish Agreement (the agreement which gave effect to the provisions of the Multi-Party agreement) signed by the two governments came into force on December 2, 1999.

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