HC Deb 21 June 1999 vol 333 c301W
17. Mr. Beard

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on progress towards NATO enlargement. [86547]

Mr. George Robertson

Enlargement of NATO was discussed by NATO Heads of State and Government at the Washington Summit in April. In his statement to the House on 26 April 1999,Official Report, columns 21–23, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said that he and his NATO colleagues reaffirmed the alliance's continuing openness to new members and agreed a membership action plan for countries that aspire to join the alliance.

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