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| Jones and Brown meet at Stormont | Jones and Brown meet at Stormont |
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| Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones is set to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the first time since both men took up their new posts. | Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones is set to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the first time since both men took up their new posts. |
| They are both attending the British-Irish Council at Stormont. | They are both attending the British-Irish Council at Stormont. |
| Last week, Plaid Cymru leader Mr Jones was confirmed as deputy first minister after his party agreed a coalition government with Labour in Cardiff Bay. | Last week, Plaid Cymru leader Mr Jones was confirmed as deputy first minister after his party agreed a coalition government with Labour in Cardiff Bay. |
| At Monday's talks, Mr Jones is standing in for First Minister Rhodri Morgan who is recovering from an artery operation. | At Monday's talks, Mr Jones is standing in for First Minister Rhodri Morgan who is recovering from an artery operation. |
| The conference, which is expected to discuss issues including transport and corporation tax, will be the first time Gordon Brown will meet the new leaders of the UK's devolved governments in his new capacity. | The conference, which is expected to discuss issues including transport and corporation tax, will be the first time Gordon Brown will meet the new leaders of the UK's devolved governments in his new capacity. |
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| Northern Ireland First Minister, the Rev Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will attend, alongside Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. | Northern Ireland First Minister, the Rev Ian Paisley and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will attend, alongside Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. |
| The council has not met at Stormont before | |
| The British-Irish Council brings together eight governments representing Westminster, Dublin, devolved nations, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. | The British-Irish Council brings together eight governments representing Westminster, Dublin, devolved nations, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man. |
| Since the council's first meeting in the 1990s, nationalists have come into power in Scotland and Wales and the DUP and Sinn Fein are dominant in Northern Ireland. | Since the council's first meeting in the 1990s, nationalists have come into power in Scotland and Wales and the DUP and Sinn Fein are dominant in Northern Ireland. |
| Mr Jones said that holding the council in the Stormont Parliament for the first time was "a historic occasion" and he wished his "most sincere good wishes" to the new Northern Ireland administration. | |
| "The restoration of devolution was achieved as a result of the coming together, in a spirit of service to all the people of Northern Ireland, of two very distinct political traditions," he said. | |
| "We in Wales have also seen a coming together of parties with different traditions, on the basis of a shared programme for government, and a shared commitment to improve the lives of all our people in all parts of Wales." | |
| "I know that we will have the support of this council in taking that work forward." |