The Sinn Fein president, Mr Gerry Adams, has called on the Ulster Unionist leader, Mr David Trimble, to "do business" and get on with making the Belfast Agreement work.
Mr Adams said people had been told nothing could happen until the UUP conference was out of the way. "The conference is gone - he now needs to do business. He is in a strengthened position and I don't believe there ever was any serious challenge to Mr Trimble's position as leader of the UUP. If all of this is true he needs to do the business in the days ahead," he added.
Speaking at Stormont yesterday, Mr Adams said the UUP policy of "no guns, no government" was totally contrary to the Belfast Agreement.
Commenting on rumours the review might be moved to London by the chairman, Senator George Mitchell, Mr Adams said he did not wish to speculate.
"I don't want to comment at all on whether there will be an away game or not. I will be in touch with the senator by telephone later today and it might emerge what ideas he has in mind.
"On the bigger political scale, everybody's focus should be on making the Mitchell review work and trying to ensure that it achieves its objective of implementing the outstanding parts of the agreement," Mr Adams added.
The Northern Ireland Office yesterday would not comment on whether Senator Mitchell was planning to move the venue for the review.
The Alliance Party said the important thing was not the venue but the outcome of the review. "The people want us to succeed. We can achieve that result either at home or away providing victory is sought for all, not victory for one side over the other," the party's deputy leader, Mr Seamus Close, said.