German minister calls for solution to Northern Ireland protocol deadlock

Annalena Baerbock makes appeal as she holds talks in London with UK foreign secretary James Cleverly

Disputes over implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol have become the achilles heel" of the EU's relations with the UK, the German foreign minister said on Thursday as she held talks with her UK counterpart in London.

Annalena Baerbock's appeal to find a solution to the deadlock over the protocol came during wide-ranging and much delayed talks with James Cleverly in London, which also covered the war in Ukraine and the state of Anglo-German relations.