There is "no question" of any of Ireland's EU partners seeking to impose their views on Ireland's handling of the Lisbon Treaty issue, Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said.
Mr Martin was speaking after a meeting today with German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin.
The meeting was held primarily to discuss Ireland's relationship with the European Union and "our continuing efforts to resolve the issues which have resulted from the rejection of the Reform Treaty", Mr Martin said in a statement tonight.
"We had a productive and fruitful discussion and I want to thank Herr Steinmeier for all his interest and support. This meeting is one of a series of bilaterals I have had with EU partners.
"I have been received with friendship and understanding on Ireland's position at all of them. There is no question of any partner seeking to impose views, but rather do they wish to help us to resolve what is an issue for the entire union."
Mr Martin said the Government would report fully to the December Council of Ministers and would hope to be in a position then to "define elements of a solution and a common path to follow".
"Meetings such as this help us to prepare the ground with partners in achieving the necessary consensus on a way forward," he added.
The Minister said relations between Ireland and Germany were "excellent" and that the countries' particularly close economic relations formed the background to much of the discussion on the continuing global economic situation, as well as on a range of foreign policy matters of particular interest.
He said he had asked his German counterpart to visit Ireland in the near future.