Talks aimed at resolving the Drumcree dispute are expected to continue, as senior Orangeman Nigel Dawson says “there are currently no proposals on the table”.
Both the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition (GRRC) were given a document during separate meetings with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant on Wednesday.
Speaking afterwards, the chairman of the residents’ coalition said his group would agree to it if the Orange Order did.
On Sunday, an Orange Order parade from Drumcree Church into Portadown did not happen due to a large protest on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road.
Protesters have since remained on the Garvaghy Road, although in much smaller numbers, and the Orange Order has maintained a presence at Drumcree Church, about a mile away.
On Thursday, The Nolan Show revealed details of what was in the document that was presented to both sides in the dispute.
BBC News NI understands that it said the Orange Order had the legal right to walk along the Garvaghy Road; that the residents would accept that legal entitlement and publicly accept that it was wrong to block the Orange Order from walking down the Garvaghy Road – but in return the Orange Order would choose not to walk down the road.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson would not discuss the details of the proposal but told the Nolan Show that he supported the Orange Order’s “determination and their dignity in the face of hostility and lawbreaking”.
“In rejecting what is there doesn’t mean that is the end of a discussion, nor does it mean it is the end of a successful conclusion,” he said.
“But it does mean that this process is maybe not as optimistically quick as some may have hoped.”
Sir Chris has been involved in discussions with the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents since Monday.
Talks at Hillsborough Castle are not likely to resume until later on Thursday.
Sir Chris had flown to England on Wednesday night for private reasons but it is understood that he intends to return to Northern Ireland on Thursday evening.
On Tuesday, lawyers for the GRRC issued a fresh legal bid to try to prevent the march from going ahead.