Panama (Hansard, 22 February 1990)

§ Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current state of Anglo-Panamanian relations.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
We now enjoy good and friendly relations with the Republic of Panama.

§ Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 9 January,Official Report, columns 581–82, what information he has now of the number of deaths and injuries among civilians arising from the invasion of Panama by the United States of America.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The latest information available to us indicates that 203 Panamanian civilians and three American civilians were killed. No figures have been released on the number of civilians injured.

§ Mr. Tony Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what current arrangements exist in the United Kingdom to represent the interests of the Panamanian Government.

§ Mr. Sainsbury
The Panamanian Government are represented by their chargé d'affaires at the embassy of the Republic of Panama in London.