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Salmond flies out to back Glasgow Final push for Glasgow 2014 Games
(about 6 hours later)
First Minister Alex Salmond is flying out to Sri Lanka later to support Glasgow's final push to be the host of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. First Minister Alex Salmond has jetted out to Sri Lanka to support Scotland's final push to bring the 2014 Commonwealth Games to Glasgow.
Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell has already travelled to the country, where the games federation will make its decision on Friday. Glasgow faces competition from Abuja in Nigeria. The Commonwealth Games Federation will announce the result of their vote on Friday in Colombo.
He said the city was not complacent and would be "working for every single vote - right up until the last minute". Mr Salmond said the bid team would appeal to "the head and the heart" to persuade delegates to back Glasgow.
Glasgow is competing against Abuja in Nigeria to host the event. He said they would treat the last few days of the campaign like an election.
Both Mr Salmond and Mr Purcell said they were treating the final few days of the campaign as if it were an election. "We are certainly not complacent, we are confident but not over-confident," he said.
Remembrance Sunday "We go out with high hopes and brave hearts."
They intend to convince the 71 countries who will be voting to back the Glasgow bid. Sports minister Stewart Maxwell, gymnast Steven Frew and bowler Kay Moran also travelled to Colombo.
Mr Salmond said there was a "substantial number" of countries undecided over where the games should go. A total of 71 countries will vote for the tournament hosts.
It has also been confirmed that Mr Salmond will attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Sri Lanka. Mr Maxwell said: "We have to make sure that we maximise the amount of time that we spend with the delegates who have not yet decided.
On Remembrance Sunday (11 November) the first minister will visit the graves of the Commonwealth war dead in Liveramentu Cemetery, the main cemetery in Colombo. "There are countries who have still to make up their minds."
He will lay a wreath made by the Lady Haig poppy factory in Edinburgh. Glasgow City Council leader Steven Purcell has already travelled to Sri Lanka.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will lay a wreath on behalf of the Scottish Government at a ceremony in Edinburgh. It has been confirmed that Mr Salmond will attend a Remembrance Sunday ceremony in Sri Lanka.
The first minister will visit the graves of the Commonwealth war dead in Liveramentu Cemetery, the main cemetery in Colombo.