US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the street violence in Northern Ireland that broke out this week over the controversial flags issue.
Speaking at Stormont, Mrs Clinton said the violence was a reminder that the work of peace was not yet complete.
She met Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness on her visit to Belfast this morning.
Mrs Clinton and her husband, former US president Bill, have been long-time supporters of the peace process in Northern Ireland.
She condemned the death threats issued to Alliance Party MP Naomi Long over the flags issue, and said she was very distressed by the news.
Loyalists have been staging protests to show their opposition to the decision to restrict the number of days the flag is flown over Belfast City Council.
The US Secretary said violence had no place in what she called the new Northern Ireland and said dialogue, compromise and commitment remained the way forward.
She said all the political parties there needed to confront the sectarian issues that are still there.
Later, she was to attend a lunch in her honour at the new Titanic Building in Belfast organised by the Ireland Funds.
Mrs Clinton's visit will be her last to Belfast before she steps down from the Obama administration.
She was in Dublin this week for the two-day Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe gathering of foreign ministers from some 50 countries.
The meeting at the RDS marks the end of Ireland's chairmanship of the group.
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