Although Britain's decision to leave the European Union is not officially on the G-7 agenda, a diplomatic feud over Northern Ireland, the only part of the U.K. that borders the 27-nation bloc, threatens unity at the global summit.
, while Britain says those checks are imposing a big burden on businesses and destabilizing Northern Ireland's hard-won peace.The diplomatic spat — over what is known as the Northern Ireland Protocol — has drawn in, who is concerned about the potential threat to Northern Ireland's 1998 Good Friday peace deal, which ended three decades of conflict, known as the Troubles.
Ahead of the president's arrival to England earlier this week, some British newspapers were filled with outrage at the perception thatand has been critical of Brexit in the past, was unsupportive of the U.K. government's stance. However, Johnson brushed away such rumors when the two men first met on Thursday, telling media that they were in"complete harmony" over the issues.
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