§ Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will tabulate, giving dates and places, the visits made by himself or by other Ministers in his Department to any member countries of the League of Arab States since he assumed his present office; and whether he will also tabulate official visits made to the United Kingdom by Foreign Ministers of Arab countries where he or his departmental colleagues have officially received the Minister in question.
§ Mr. HurdThe information is as follows:
Official Visits to Arab League States by FCO Ministers from April 1982 to April 1983 14–15 June 1982 Mr. Pym Saudi Arabia 12–16 September 1982 Mr. Hurd UAE 16–17 September 1982 Mr. Hurd Jordan 9–11 October 1982 Mr. Pym Syria 9–11 November 1982 Mr. Pym Jordan 16–19 November 1982 Mr. Hurd Oman 24 March 1983 Mr. Pym Bahrain 25–27 March 1983 Mr. Hurd Kuwait 27–28 March 1983 Mr. Hurd Iraq 29–30 March 1983 Mr. Hurd Lebanon 8–10 April 1983 Mr. Pym Saudia Arabia 10–12 April 1983 Mr. Pym UAE 13 April 1983 Mr. Pym Jordan Official Visits by Foreign Ministers of Arab Countries from April 1982 to April 1983
28–30 June 1982
Shaikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak of Bahrain11 June 1982
Prince Saud bin Faisal of Saudi Arabia12–15 October 1982
Mr. Mirghani Mubarak of Sudan18 October 1982
Mr. Yusuf Alawi of Oman7–10 December 1982
Mr. Elie Salem of Lebanon6 February 1983
Mr. Kamal Hassan Ali of Egypt17–18 March 1983
Arab League Delegation including Foreign Ministers of Syria (Mr. Abdul Khaddam), Saudi Arabia (Prince Saud bin Faisal), Morocco (M. Mohammed Boucetta) and Jordan (Mr. Marwan Qasem).