![[Ticker] EU and UK agree to work for solution to Northern Ireland](https://media.euobserver.com/6e5f90e3e78121ba09aefe7419b47a16-800x.jpg)
British prime minister Rishi Sunak and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen agreed to work to resolve problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol, at a meeting on Monday at the COP27 conference in Egypt, Downing street said in a statement. Sunak's spokesperson said the two had agreed "on the importance of working together to agree a resolution." Britain has previously threatened to override the post-Brexit trade agreement.
