Unionist Forum to meet on Thursday over flags
THE first meeting of the Unionist Forum to deal with the ongoing unrest over the Union Flag will be held on Thursday.
DUP leader Peter Robinson and UUP leader Mike Nesbitt met at Stormont on Monday morning.
In a joint statement on Tuesday, the leaders said they wanted to establish working groups to engage the wider unionist community.
“As indicated when we initially announced the creation of the Forum, its purpose will be to seek to engage with the entire unionist community and to address issues of concern.
“It will seek to channel unionist efforts through political means. While participants attending the initial meeting will be limited, working groups may be established to provide a more extensive reach across the wider unionist community.
“The forum will be a body through which unionists can meet to consider matters of interest and concern to the unionist community.
“All participants should share the core values of support for the maintenance of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, commitment to exclusively peaceful and democratic means, non-sectarianism, commitment to a shared future and commitment to the successful operation of devolution in Northern Ireland,” the statement read.
