HC Deb 28 February 1989 vol 148 c122W
Mr. Brazier

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the commencement of conventional arms talks in Vienna.

Mr. Waldegrave

Negotiations on conventional forces in Europe and on confidence and security building measures will begin in Vienna on 6 March. My right hon. and learned Friend and other Foreign Ministers of CSCE participating countries will attend their opening. NATO Ministers first called for such talks in May 1986. An outline of NATO's objectives in these negotiations is set out in the 8 December statement from the North Atlantic Council ministerial meeting, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House.