HC Deb 07 May 1996 vol 277 cc88-9W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the United Kingdom's relations with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the recent appointment of a British ambassador in Belgrade; and when he expects a Yugoslav ambassador to the UK to be in post. [27969]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

The United Kingdom recognised the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia—FRY—on 9 April 1996. We have now appointed our chargé d'affaires in Belgrade as ambassador. We expect the FRY to appoint an ambassador to the UK shortly.