Transcript of an interview with Peter Robinson, DUP MLA for Belfast East, and Nigel Dodds, DUP MLA for Belfast North, by Richard Haass, former United States Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, for the Council on Foreign Relations on 15 March 2004. Robinson and Dodds discuss the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement and future government in Northern Ireland. The interview took place under the auspices of the Council on Foreign Relations. This is an independent organisation which seeks to inform policy makers and wider society on the foreign policy decisions of the United States and other national governments.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 15 March 2004
Name of First Interviewee: Peter Robinson
Name of Second Interviewee: Nigel Dodds
Role at time of Interview: Peter Robinson (DUP MLA for Belfast East), Nigel Dodds (DUP MLA for Belfast North)
Interviewer: Richard Haass
Purpose: Research
Media: Transcript
Copyright: © Copyright 2012, Council on Foreign Relations. All Rights Reserved
Link: Read the transcript
Programme/Book/Article: Council on Foreign Relations
Time Period covered: 1971-2004
Key Individuals: Peter Robinson, Nigel Dodds, Mark Durkan, Martin McGuinness
Key Words: Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, nationalist, unionist, IRA, DUP, Sinn Féin, power-sharing, SDLP, North-South relations, East-West relations, democratic process