Clinton NI visit 'not imminent'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/8177874.stm Version 0 of 1. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not have any immediate plans to visit Northern Ireland, it has emerged. It had been thought Mrs Clinton, who visited NI a number of times when her husband Bill was president, was planning a trip in the autumn. However, a spokesman for Mrs Clinton has said she has no such immediate plans. He also said Mrs Clinton would not take on a special envoy to NI role, as has also been suggested recently. "She is the Secretary of State, not a special envoy," State Department spokesman PJ Crowley told the New York-based Irish Echo newspaper. However, State Department officials have said Mrs Clinton would remain "active on Northern Ireland" and that she would like to visit NI again "eventually". |