(Reuters) – Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission, stated that Britain must not “embark upon a path to confrontation” in tensions over post-Brexit fish rights and trade through Northern Ireland. The Telegraph reported this Sunday.

The newspaper reports that Sefcovic asked David Frost, his British counterpart to reconsider their proposals to lower British import controls in Northern Ireland.

The Telegraph quoted Sefcovic saying, “I am becoming increasingly concerned that U.K. governments will refuse to interact with this and begin on a pathway of confrontation.”

The Times reports that Brexit minister Lord Frost stated separately in a paper for Policy Exchange that strict EU enforcement of Brexit has “destroyed inter-community consensus” in Northern Ireland.

Frost stated that the EU’s tight enforcement of the Northern Ireland Protocol threatened to undercut the Good Friday Peace Agreement, despite it being intended to protect it. Frost was speaking in the paper which outlines how Brexit negotiations have been hindered by 2017 decisions.