» Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Northern Ireland

The 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 […]

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Yemen Meeting

Asked 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 […]

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Afghanistan Conference

Asked 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 […]

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Misc

Asked 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. […]

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