§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Prime Minister when he last met the leaders of NATO member states to discuss matters relating to a European Defence Review. [85195]
§ The Prime MinisterThe last collective meeting was the NATO Summit in April where the main focus was the conflict in Kosovo. However, the Summit unanimously welcomed and endorsed the European defence initiative we launched last year.
I refer my hon. Friend to the statement I made to the House on 8 June 1999, Official Report, columns 463–65, where I set out details of agreement reached at the Cologne European Council on the further development of a common European security and defence policy.