I think Sinn Fein's participation in the talks is over, ... But the process, the talks must continue. We cannot allow a minority who are committed to terrorism to dictate to the majority who want to see peace, who want to see democratic advancement in Northern Ireland.

Jeffrey Donaldson

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I think Sinn Fein's participation in the talks is over. But the process, the talks must continue. We cannot allow a minority who are committed to terrorism to dictate to the majority who want to see peace, who want to see democratic advancement in Northern Ireland.

— Jeffrey Donaldson

Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will lead to the decommissioning of their weapons or whether this is as good as it gets.

— Jeffrey Donaldson

In the past, decommissioning as a process has been shrouded in secrecy and if we are to increase public confidence in the process then we want it to be more transparent,

— Jeffrey Donaldson

Clearly what we need to know from the IRA is whether this is the beginning of a process which will lead to the decommissioning of their weapons or whether this is as good as it gets,

— Jeffrey Donaldson

I don't think we're going to get that level of transparency tomorrow, and I think that's most unfortunate.

— Jeffrey Donaldson