Downing Street appoints new Northern Ireland Secretary
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has had a 'warm and friendly' phone call with the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shailesh Vara.
Minister Coveney, who is in New York on UN Security Council business, and Secretary Vara know each other from when Secretary Vara previously served as a Minister of State for Northern Ireland in 2018.
The pair agreed that Northern Ireland needs a Stormont government up and running as soon as possible and vowed to work closely together on this and many other things and to meet in person as soon as possible.
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