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.

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据路透社报道，周日，英国首相大卫•卡梅隆提出愿与苏格兰领导人亚历克斯•萨尔蒙德会谈，商讨解决他们有关苏格兰独立公投的分歧。

卡梅隆的一名女发言人表示，首相“很乐意会见亚历克斯•萨尔蒙德，会晤时间将在未来几天决定。”

本周，萨尔蒙德表示，他想在2014年晚些时候就脱离英国举行全民公投，卡梅隆则说，公投应尽早举行，以消除损害苏格兰经济的不确定因素。

周日发表的两个意见调查显示，英国投票者对英格兰独立的支持比苏格兰投票者强。