Commonwealth of Independent States

HC Deb 20 February 1997 vol 290 cc728-9W

Mr. Tipping

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the ministerial visits made to each CIS country since 1992. [15734]

Mr. Nelson

[holding answer 17 February 1997]: Listed are DTI ministerial visits to CIS countries since 1992:

	Country visited	Date
Mr. Heseltine	Azerbaijan and Russia	September 1992
Mr. Eggar	Kazakhstan	September 1993
Mr. Eggar	Uzbekistan	May 1994

	Country visited	Date
Mr. Eggar	Turkmenistan	February 1995
Mr. Eggar	Azerbaijan and Georgia	May 1995
Mr. Eggar	Russia	September 1995
Lord Goschen— (Transport Minister, but let a DTI Mission)	Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan	September 1995
Mr. Lang	Russia	May 1996
Mr. Eggar	Azerbaijan and Georgia	June 1996
Lord Goschen— (Transport Minister but led a DTI Mission)	Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia	September/October 1996
Lord Fraser	Azerbaijan	January 1997