'Serious consequences' if UK tries to suspend Northern Ireland deal: EU

European Union Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic. Credit: Reuters File Photo

If Britain makes good on a threat to try to suspend parts of its Brexit treaty dealing with Northern Ireland it would cause "serious consequences" to EU-UK ties, a top EU official warned on Friday.

"There'll be no doubt that triggering Article 16 to seek the renegotiation of the protocol would have serious consequences -- serious for Northern Ireland... and serious also for the EU-UK relations in general," Vice President Maros Sefcovic said in a brief statement after meeting in Brussels with Britain's Brexit minister David Frost.

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