Commerzbank : Berlin declines comment on prospect of foreign suitor for Commerzbank

BERLIN (Reuters) - A spokeswoman for the German government declined to comment on whether Berlin would be prepared to see a foreign lender invest in Commerzbank after the failure of talks on a tie-up with Deutsche Bank.

"Commerzbank is a private company, and the government has confidence, as it does with all companies, that the management will pursue a good commercial strategy," spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer told a regular news conference on Friday.

A Finance Ministry spokeswoman added that the government had only heard about the break-down in talks between Germany's two largest lenders shortly before the official announcement was made.

(Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Michelle Martin)