Taoiseach says he is not going to fall into ‘trap from Israel’ of making letter into an issue
President Michael D Higgins: 'I worded a letter and I stressed in it how we had to use all of our energies towards achieving peace in the region'
The comments were widely interpreted as Mr Higgins believing that the letter had been leaked, although a spokesman for the President said he had “made no accusations of a leak”. “The point is that a statement was issued from the embassy saying the President has written and ‘why hasn’t he said this and why hasn’t he said this’. And frankly that was unusual and many would regard it in diplomatic circles as improper. That is all I wish to say on this matter. I did not use the word leak. I used the word circulated, and we have confirmed that.”
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