§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reasons were given by President Milosevic for not travelling to the Rambouillet talks. [73384]
§ Mr. Tony Lloyd[holding answer 26 February 1999]The Contact Group Ministerial meeting held in London on 29 January agreed to summon representatives of the Federal Yugoslav and Serbian Governments and representatives of the Kosovo Albanians to negotiations for a political settlement on the basis of documents tabled by the Contact Group. The invitation was not issued to President Milosevic in person and it did not stipulate that he should attend.