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» Monday, October 16, 2006

Northern Ireland

Asked if tomorrow was the first time that Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley had sat around the same table for talks, the PMOS said that they had sat at the same table at Stormont, and at St. Andrews at a plenary session. The difference this time was that this was the committee that was preparing for the restoration of Government, and there would be discussion through the Chair. At the two previous occasions mentioned, people made statements, not a discussions.

Asked if the Prime Minister had had a meeting with Gerry Adams, the PMOS replied that we were keeping in touch with all the parties. Obviously, as we moved forward, people would be very conscious of the deadline of the 10th November to signal their agreement, and therefore, the discussions were part of that on-going process.

Asked if they would come back in the same spirit as the talks last week, the PMOS said that as he had said last week, people were working to go forward. The meeting tomorrow was a symptom of that, but people would make up their own minds whenever they had consulted their grassroots.

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