He told BBC Newsnight: "We have got off to the worst possible start because the Prime Minister called an election that she didn't need to call".
96 MLAs took part in a vote for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, 49 of them voted against the Sinn Féin promoted motion, despite a Belfast Telegraph poll in September 2014, showing that a majority of the Northern Ireland population supporting same-sex marriage. "The talks are going on, they are going well".
"A fundamental part of that peace process is that the United Kingdom government needs t one impartial between all the competing interests in Northern Ireland".
British Prime Minister Theresa May is leading the country through "incredibly challenging times", her spokeswoman said on Monday when asked about media speculation that May might face a challenge from within her Conservative Party.
Mrs May needs the votes of the DUP's 10 MPs to prop up her minority administration, as she hopes to steer government business, including crucial measures on Brexit, through the Commons.
In a joint press conference at Downing Street, he said as co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement, the British and Irish governments should not be too close to unionism or nationalism.
And she said: "We continue our discussions with the DUP".
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Police confirmed one person has been arrested, with United Kingdom media reporting he was the driver of the van. A man, named as Darren Osborne , 47, of Cardiff, Wales, has been arrested.
Grainne Teggart, Campaign Manager for Amnesty International in Northern Ireland, said: "Today's results confirm what we have long known: that an overwhelming majority favour reform of our inhumane abortion laws".
Ms Foster dismissed suggestions her deal with the Tories threatened the peace process.
The Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) said Ireland was not in favour of an economic border between the two countries following Brexit.
"On reaching such an agreement we will make sure that the details of that are made public so that people can see exactly what that is based on". "What would happen then? They can't have it both ways, it has to be dealt with sensibly", she said.
On Brexit, Mrs Foster said the DUP wanted to see "a sensible Brexit and one that works for everybody".
New Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney, appointed by Mr Varadkar last Thursday, joined the meetings at Stormont Castle for the first time and pledged to "spare no effort" in attempts to re-establish the Executive.
On the other hand, May's "defeat" can be also attributed to her Brexit policy.
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