AMBASSADOR Robert Holmes Tuttle
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17 October 2007
U.S. Ambassadors Lead Business Delegation to Northern Ireland
U.S. Ambassadors to the UK and the Irish Republic led a business delegation on a two–day fact–finding mission to Northern Ireland.
The deputation is the first in a series announced by the Honorable Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs and the President’s Special Envoy on Northern Ireland, to raise the profile of the investment conference proposed for Northern Ireland in Spring 2008.
Ambassador Robert Tuttle (left), Nigel Dodds, Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister (center) and Thomas C. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (right).
The U.S. Ambassadors to the UK and Ireland led a business delegation on a two–day fact–finding mission to Northern Ireland.
(photo: © Harrison Photography)
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Enterprise, Trade and Investment Minister Nigel Dodds welcomed the group, led by Ambassador Tuttle and Thomas C Foley, U.S. Ambassador to the Irish Republic, to the Parliament Buildings at Stormont and said: “This visit gives us a great opportunity to showcase Northern Ireland. Increased levels of inward investment in high value, knowledge-based sectors will contribute to generating the growth and productivity improvements which will increase the economic prosperity of Northern Ireland in the longer term.”
Ambassador Tuttle added: “It is significant that the last U.S. Government delegation to visit the Parliament Buildings witnessed the historic return of devolution and the promise of local leaders making decisions for the benefit of local people. We look forward to working with Minister Dodds as he seeks to further utilize the immense economic opportunities that are evident throughout Northern Ireland.”
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