North Belfast Sinn Féin councillors met with one of the American government's most important officials this morning to discuss the need for investment in Belfast.
At a business breakfast hosted by Mayor Naomi Long, the councillors met with US Economic Envoy Declan Kelly today to focus on business and economic initiatives in the city and discuss potential investment ideas.
Sinn Féin New Lodge Councillor Conor Maskey said he welcomed the chance to raise local issues with the US representative.
"Sinn Féin raised the importance of investing in deprived areas across the city," he said. "It isn't a coincidence that areas in our city experiencing the highest levels of deprivation were also the areas that suffered most during the conflict, and more importantly still retain some of the dynamics that create the potential to draw us back into conflict due to issues such as interfaces.
"It is vital for the sustainability of the peace process that there is serious focus to investing in areas such as New Lodge, Ballysillan, Ardoyne and Shankill.
“I also had the opportunity to directly press the US envoy on the absolute need to extend the planned rapid transport system to North Belfast, so as to ensure people in this part of the city have the opportunity to access important places of work in Belfast over the coming years and decades."
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