DEALING WITH FUGITIVE TERRORIST OFFENDERS, AND THAT WE SHOULD LIKE ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO ACCEDE TO THE CONVENTION, LIKE OURSELVES, WITHOUT RESERVATION. HOWEVER NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE IRISH REPUBLIC HAVE RECIPROCAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION LEGISLATION FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED AFTER 1 JUNE 1976, WHICH ENABLES TERRORISTS TO BE TRIED IN ONE PART CF IRELAND FOR CFFENCES COMMITTED IN THE OTHER PART,
7. AMONG THE NINE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ARE TAKING PLACE ON AN AGREEMENT A NEUF PROPOSED BY THE BELGIANS WHICH WOULD ALLOW A COUNTRY WHICH HAS NOT SIGNED THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION A FREE CHOICE BETWEEN EXTRADITION AND EXTRA-TERRITORIAL PROSECUTION. (THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IS THE ONLY STATE IN THIS POSITION).
CVEN.
BY TELEGRAFH
ANKARA
BONN
BRUSSELS
UKREP EEC BRUSSELS
UKDEL NATO BRUSSELS
LUXEMBOURG
OSLO
PARIS
UKDEL STRASBOURG
REYKJAVIK
BERNE
UKMIS GENEVA
DUBLIN
STOCKHOLM.
VIENNA
COPENHAGEN
THE HAGUE
ROME
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