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Lord Triesman

Asked if, as the Opposition had suggested, that the appointment of Lord Triesman was an admission of failure, the PMOS said he did not want to get into party politics but in terms of the rationale a large part of the discussion around this issue involves relations with foreign countries and therefore necessitates a focus on developing relations and understandings with foreign countries. Therefore it is entirely appropriate that a minister in the Foreign Office takes on this role. Asked why now as it was an odd time to do it as the Prime Minister had been on the subject for some years now, the PMOS said we have made some progress in terms of memorandums of understanding and so on, but it is an issue which the Prime Minister is determined to make progress on in the months ahead.

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