British Prime Minister David Cameron offered on Sunday to hold talks with Scottish leader Alex Salmond to thrash out their differences over arrangements for a referendum on Scottish independence, Reuters reported.

A spokeswoman for Cameron said that the prime minister is "happy to meet Alex Salmond and arrangements for that will be made in the coming days."

Salmond said this week he wanted to hold a referendum in late 2014 on breaking away from the rest of Britain, while Cameron has said it should be held sooner rather than later to dispel uncertainty he says is damaging the Scottish economy.

Two opinion polls published on Sunday showed support for Scottish independence is stronger among English voters than it is among Scots.

(China.org.cn January 16, 2012)

據路透社報道，周日，英國首相大衛?卡梅隆提出愿與蘇格蘭領導人亞歷克斯?薩爾蒙德會談，商討解決他們有關蘇格蘭獨立公投的分歧。

卡梅隆的一名女發言人表示，首相“很樂意會見亞歷克斯?薩爾蒙德，會晤時間將在未來幾天決定。”

本周，薩爾蒙德表示，他想在2014年晚些時候就脫離英國舉行全民公投，卡梅隆則說，公投應盡早舉行，以消除損害蘇格蘭經濟的不確定因素。

周日發表的兩個意見調查顯示，英國投票者對英格蘭獨立的支持比蘇格蘭投票者強。