» Friday, June 15, 2007Violence in Gaza
Asked if Downing Street was saying anything about the violence in Gaza, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) replied that the Foreign Secretary had been engaged in this and had spoken to President Abbas within the last 24 hours. We believed it was key that those on the ground now bring an end to the violence in order that the international community can re-engage with the humanitarian and political situation. Asked about the Prime Minister, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister has been kept fully engaged and his views were represented by those of the Foreign Secretary. Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) EU
Asked if the Prime Minister agreed with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's description of the revived EU Constitution, the PMS replied that it was clear that there would be serious negotiations between now and the EU Summit next week. We welcomed that there was now a consensus around the UK view that this should be an amending treaty. And whilst we would not usually get into discussing internal working documents, because of the way it has been misrepresented in some of this morning's papers, it was helpful to set out that this document was a description rather than a prescription. It set out the views of member states, including our own, and other member states who did not necessarily share our view. But it was not, as perhaps has been reported, a prescription as to what should happen. It was a reflection of people's views. Briefing took place at 9:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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