§ 16. Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he next intends to meet representatives of the Commonwealth of Independent States to discuss defence issues of mutual concern.
§ Mr. Tom KingI met Marshal Shaposhnikov for discussions when he accompanied President Yeltsin on his visit to London on 30 January. I hope to meet CIS representatives during the meeting between NATO Defence Ministers and their counterparts from the CIS and central and eastern Europe which is planned for 1 April.