Irish and British leaders will meet in London this week to review progress in talks aimed at resolving deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said on Sunday.
Ahern said lengthy negotiations had led to "substantive progress" but they had also run into "dilemmas".
He said a London "summit" would be held with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and their key officials on Wednesday.
"We will sit down and look at where we are at, see where we are and see what else we can do.
"We do not have a deal for Wednesday," he told Irish radio.
"If this was easy we would have it wrapped up a long time ago. It is important we continue to try to find a resolution. I remain determined that we'll do that, if not optimistic."
He said the issues involved decommissioning the Irish Republican Army arsenals, de-militarization of British installations, a new policing structure and issues surrounding a strengthening of the self-government institutions.
"All of them are integrated, all of them are difficult. Some of them difficult for everybody, others difficult for individuals.
"We have not, as yet, found resolution to all of the things. We have made progress. It is unlikely that we will get a substantive breakthrough until we get progress across all fronts," Ahern said -- LONDON (AFP)
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