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Tue 11 Nov 2008Czech president says Cowen in no hurry to solve Lisbon issue
THE PRESIDENT of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus said yesterday he got a strong impression from Taoiseach Brian Cowen that Ireland was not in a hurry to find a solution to the Lisbon Treaty referendum defeat.
Speaking to Czech journalists after his meeting with Mr Cowen in Iveagh House in Dublin yesterday, Mr Klaus said his sense was the Government would not press for a quick solution and certainly not by next month's crucial EU summit meeting in Brussels.
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