HC Deb 13 January 1993 vol 216 c755W
26. Mr. Fabricant

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement regarding Britain's relations with the independent states within the CIS.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

We have diplomatic relations with the 10 CIS countries, as well as Georgia and Azerbaijan and the three baltic states. We have resident diplomatic missions in six of these states. Our bilateral relations are developing briskly. President Yeltsin paid an official visit in November, and the first United Kingdom-Russia treaty since 1766 was signed. President Kravchuk will visit next month.