President Biden privately warned Boris Johnson not to allow disputes over Brexit to undermine the Northern Ireland peace process, the White House has disclosed.

The American president has yet to comment publicly on what he said to Johnson when the two men met for the first time on Thursday.

Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, told American reporters that Biden had held a candid discussion with the prime minister about Northern Ireland during the course of the G7 summit in Cornwall.

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All Im going to say: they did discuss this issue. They had a candid discussion of it in private, Sullivan said. The president naturally, and with deep sincerity, encouraged the prime minister to protect the Good Friday agreement and the progress made under

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Northern Ireland row mars final day of G7 summit - The Times