Sinn Fein leader says Good Friday deal could be "finished"

　　Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said on October 2 that the Good Friday peace deal was finished if pro-British unionists continued to prevent the nationalist minority from sharing power.

　　In a speech addressed to a youth conference of Sinn Fein, the IRA's political wing, held in the Ireland Republic capital of Dublin, Adams accused the Ulster Unionist party of engaging in a high risk strategy to keep Irish republicans out of a power-sharing Northern Ireland executive.

　　He said if Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble "does not face up to his responsibilities then the Good Friday agreement is finished."

　　Trimble has refused to set up a power-sharing administration with Sinn Fein until the Irish Republican Army (IRA) hands in weapons from its 30-year-long war against British rule.

　　He delivered the warning ahead of a round-table meeting with Trimble on Monday as part of a review of the peace process chaired by US Senator George Mitchell.

　　Trimble was expected to speak at a youth conference of his own party in Belfast later on Saturday. (Xinhua)