HC Deb 28 April 1999 vol 330 cc150-3W
Ms Julie Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the countries from which military officers(a) have visited the United Kingdom and (b) have been visited by United Kingdom military personnel to receive training or other military assistance under the Defence Military Assistance Fund since 1 April 1997. [81379]

Mr. Doug Henderson

(a) The countries from which military officers have visited the United Kingdom to receive training or other military assistance under the Defence Military Assistance Fund (DMAF) since 1 April 1997 are:

  • Albania
  • Argentina
  • Austria
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belize
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Chile
  • Czech Republic
  • Egypt
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Macedonia
  • Malaysia
  • Morocco
  • Moldova
  • Nepal
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Yemen.

(b) The countries which have been visited by United Kingdom military personnel to receive training or other military assistance under the Defence Military Assistance Fund (DMAF) since 1 April 1997 are:

  • Albania
  • Argentina
  • Austria
  • Australia
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Belize
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Bulgaria
  • Chile
  • China
  • Czech Republic
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • Georgia
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Malaysia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Macedonia
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Qatar
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • USA
  • Venezuela
  • Zimbabwe.

Ms Julie Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British military personnel have assisted United States military personnel in providing military training to, or in conducting joint training exercises with, members of the Colombian(a) armed forces and (b) police in (i) the United States and (ii) Colombia in each of the last eight years. [81374]

Mr. Doug Henderson

We have no records of British military personnel having assisted US military personnel with the provision of military training to, or the conduct of joint training exercises with, the Colombian armed forces or police during the last eight years.