» Wednesday, January 27, 2010Northern IrelandThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) started by saying that the Prime Minister was in Northern Ireland this morning. He and the Taoiseach had been engaged in discussions through the night, both with the Sinn Fein and DUP leaderships and with other Northern Ireland political leaders. Meetings would continue this morning and the Prime Minister continued […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Yemen MeetingAsked what the Prime Minister hoped to achieve at the meeting on Yemen, the PMS said that there would be a focus on how the Yemenis could deal with the challenge of security. We were expecting around twenty delegations including the Yemeni Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Deputy Prime Minister of Planning and the Deputy Prime […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Afghanistan ConferenceAsked what the Prime Minister was seeking to get from his meeting with President Karzai, the PMS said that the Prime Minister had regular conversations with President Karzai by telephone and today was a good opportunity for them to meet face to face and discuss some of the proposals ahead of the conference tomorrow. Asked […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) MiscAsked about the Supreme Court’s decision today on freezing assets of terror suspects, the PMS said that it was best to talk to the Treasury; the key point was that the assets that had been frozen would remain so we wanted to make sure that there was legislation on the UK books to address this. […] Briefing took place at 10:00 | 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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