{"id":84182,"date":"2013-04-27T05:40:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T00:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=84182"},"modified":"2013-05-04T05:02:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T23:32:01","slug":"full-transcript-of-the-commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-transcript-of-the-commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Full Transcript Of The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a news conference after the meeting yesterday the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group said it was not up to them but up to the heads of Commonwealth governments to decide the venue for the summit in November and they\u2019d already chosen Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the full transcript of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group Press Conference &#8211;\u00a0Marlborough House, London &#8211; Friday, 26th April 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-transcript-of-the-commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-press-conference\/cmag\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84184\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-84184\" title=\"CMAG\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG.jpg 795w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG-262x300.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-transcript-of-the-commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-press-conference\/cmag1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-84193\" 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class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-84196\" title=\"CMAG4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG4.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG4-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/full-transcript-of-the-commonwealth-ministerial-action-group-press-conference\/cmag5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84197\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-84197\" title=\"CMAG5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/CMAG5.jpg 794w, 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