BIIGC Announcement
A meeting of the British-Irish InterGovernmental Conference (BIIGC) will take place on 25 July.
The BIIGC is a consultative forum established by Strand Three of the Belfast Agreement with the aim of bringing 鈥榯ogether the British and Irish Governments to promote bilateral co-operation on all matters of mutual interest within the competence of both governments鈥�.
The BIIGC is not an executive body and as the Belfast Agreement states explicitly, 鈥渢here will be no derogation from the sovereignty of either government鈥�.
As the BIIGC is 鈥榗oncerned with non-devolved Northern Ireland matters鈥�, the focus of the meeting will be on East-West issues. It will take place in London and be chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in attendance.