Tánaiste Micheál Martin: “I think the issue for Ireland is that we want to be peacekeepers. We want to participate in peacekeeping, and we want to make sure that nothing would really hinder our capacity to get involved in genuine peacekeeping missions.”
“There is no point in pretending that there is not a power play going on with the Permanent Five . Russia is increasingly using the veto. So it’s an issue that, at a minimum, deserves debate and deserves discussion.”
“Overall, I think there has been a mischaracterisation of this forum. As every session goes by, I think that this characterisation becomes evident, because I think these are very well balanced discussions with the panellists having their own independent views, and often having not one set view on a given subject,” he said.
Asked about what alternatives there might be to a triple-lock mechanism in future, he said there were EU-led missions and regional co-operation was also an option.
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