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Foreign Secretary meets Irish Foreign Minister

Foreign Secretary William Hague underlined the UK鈥檚 strong relationship with Ireland when he met Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore today.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon William Hague
Published
9 May 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Today鈥檚 meeting looked towards the State Visit by The Queen next week. The UK鈥檚 intention for the visit is to look to further bilateral cooperation around prosperity and growth and trade and investment links.

The Foreign Secretary assured the Irish Foreign Minister of the UK鈥檚 support on their EU Presidency, which Ireland take over in 2013, and also Ireland鈥檚 candidacy for the Human Rights Council.

They discussed other areas such as the current situation in the Middle East and EU enlargement issues.

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Published 9 May 2011