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Mr Bush: welcomed
IRA move |
US President Mr George W. Bush has given a "warm welcome" to the IRA's announcement that it will begin decommissioning its weapons.
Mr Bush said he wanted to see all paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland now move to total decommissioning.
Welcoming the move as a "significant act of decommissioning" by the IRA, the US President said he hoped the "historic step by the IRA" would lead to "the full functioning" of the Belfast Agreement.
Mr Bush said: "I hope all paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland will build on today's events, striving to achieve the total disarmament called for by the Good Friday Agreement."
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