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Britain today rejected the European Union's proposals to settle the situation with the trade rules for the British region of Northern Ireland after Brexit, saying it would not refrain from taking direct action, Reuters reported.

Achieving an agreement that preserves peace in Northern Ireland and protects the EU's single market, without establishing a firm land border between Britain and Ireland, or a border within Britain itself, has always been London's biggest challenge. with Brexit.

Britain has negotiated a protocol that has created a customs border at sea between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom, but now London says the bureaucracy required is unbearable.

The Conservative British government has been threatening to stop implementing the protocol for months, threatening a trade war with the EU.

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Brussels offered to ease customs checks in October, but British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said it did not solve the main problem, "and in some cases it would take us back".

"Prices have risen, trade has been severely affected and people in Northern Ireland are subject to different laws and regulations from the other side of the Irish Sea, leaving them without (governing) executive power and threatening peace and stability," he said. she.

She said the government wanted a negotiated solution, but "will not avoid taking action to stabilize the situation in Northern Ireland if no solution can be found".

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The Times reported that the government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could propose legislation to abolish checks on goods and tell companies in Northern Ireland not to comply with EU rules.

According to a source from the ruling Conservative Party, the announcement of legislation that would effectively stop the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol could take place on Tuesday.

But not everyone in Britain's ruling community would support such an approach, and it could take months for such legislation to be passed by both houses of parliament, Reuters reported.

Johnson said today that the Northern Ireland Peace Agreement is the most important treaty to be defended, and that the issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol needs to be settled.

"The most important agreement is the 25-year-old Belfast Good Friday Agreement - it is crucial for the stability of our country," he said.

"This means that things need to receive inter-community support. Obviously, since the Northern Ireland Protocol does not achieve this, we need to settle it," he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin "would be happy" if Britain made unilateral changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol, an EU diplomat was quoted as saying by the DPA.

Such a decision "would be a completely irresponsible move" and threatens to undermine Western unity with Ukraine, as well as efforts to protect international law from Russia's actions, the diplomat said on condition of anonymity.

According to him, "now is definitely not the time for Britain to squander its reputation as a pillar of international order."