The United States has agreed to suspend controversial military court proceedings against two Britons held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
The move, disclosed by a UK Government spokesman, follows Thursday's summit in Washington between Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W Bush.
US authorities are to hold talks with British legal officials next week on the future of the two terror suspects, Moazzam Begg and Feroz Abbasi, who are among nine Britons held at Camp Delta.
A joint US-British statement, due to be released later on Friday by the White House, would confirm the decision, the spokesman told reporters in Tokyo, as Mr Blair arrived on an Asia tour.
A statement from the Foreign Office in London said: "This shows that the President of the United States has listened to the concerns of the Prime Minister".
It said the UK would be sending a delegation to Washington next week to discuss "serious concerns" about the military commissions.
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