HL Deb 29 March 1999 vol 599 cc3-4WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the outcome of the recent discussions between the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Georgyi Mamedov, and Mr. David Manning of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the relation between the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and a possible non-strategic anti-ballistic missile system for Western Europe. [HL1638]

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

Mr. Manning led a joint team of Foreign and Commonwealth and Ministry of Defence officials for strategic stability talks with Mr. Mamedov, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, in Moscow on 16 March. There was a useful exchange of views on the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. There was no discussion of any possible non-strategic anti-ballistic missile system for Western Europe.