Gordon Brown has thanked the Portuguese authorities for their work in trying to locate missing British child Madelaine
McCann.
At a joint press conference with Portugeuse Prime Minister Jose Socrates, Mr Brown said that both he and the McCann
family appreciated the "time and effort and dedication" being put into the investigation.
He said:
"Obviously there are issues [the McCann family] want to be assured about and I have raised these with the Portuguese
Prime Minister. He has assured me that everything that can be done will be done and obviously we look for progress in
something that's heart-rending in its sadness, that a young child can be separated from her parents for so long.''
Mr Socrates said the case of the missing three-year-old was important for Portugal as well as for Britain, and that
Portugeuse police had "dedicated to this investigation all the resources we have".
Madelaine McCann disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz while her parents dined in a nearby restaurant on
3 May.
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