Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis will chair a virtual meeting with the parties in the Stormont Executive and the PSNI Chief Constable to discuss ongoing violence in the North.
Police used water cannon for the first time in six years to drive back rioters during trouble for a second consecutive evening on both sides of a security gate that divides loyalist and nationalist areas in west Belfast.
It was not on the same scale as rioting on Wednesday night, which police described as the worst in years, as the rival crowds did not get close enough to engage each other.
However, police officers were again attacked by both sides using petrol bombs, fireworks and stones.
Groups of community activists were seen attempting to prevent access to the gate of the peace line where clashes took place on Wednesday.
Justice Minister Naomi Long has condemned what she called the utterly reckless and depressing violence.
Yesterday, Mr Lewis encouraged politicians to “think very carefully” about the language they use.
He said: “Not just unionists, but if you look at the tweets and messages from politicians from all parties – they have put out messages that can be interpreted in a particular way as having a bit of spite to them.
“I don’t think there is any place for that. I have spoke to people across parties about that.
“I think we all have to be very clear about the fact that what politicians here say matters.
“Some people involved in what happened in the last few days should be very aware that the wider population of Northern Ireland do not want to tolerate violence.
“All of us should focus on that and guard our language in that way.”
The White House has joined the Irish and British governments, European Commission and Stormont Executive in calling for an end to the trouble.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said: “We are concerned by the violence in Northern Ireland and we join the British, Irish and Northern Irish leaders in their calls for calm.
“We remain steadfast supporters of a secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard-won peace.
“We welcome the provisions in both the EU-UK trade cooperation agreement and the Northern Ireland Protocol, which helped protect the gains of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.”
Stormont MLAs unanimously passed a motion yesterday calling for an end to the disorder.
In a joint statement, the five-party Executive said: “While our political positions are very different on many issues, we are all united in our support for law and order and we collectively state our support for policing and for the police officers who have been putting themselves in harm’s way to protect others.
“We, and our departments, will continue to work together to maximise the support we can give to communities and the PSNI to prevent further violence and unrest.”
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