The return of devolved government in Northern Ireland is not inevitable and depends on how the UK Government responds to DUP concerns about the Windsor Framework, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said.
The DUP leader was speaking as party leaders held a meeting at Stormont Castle to discussion preparations for the restoration of the Assembly.
But Sinn Fein MLA Conor Murphy said the discussions would only have value when the DUP took the decision to bring back the powersharing institutions.
