NATO/Russia Permanent Joint Council

HL Deb 08 June 2000 vol 613 c167WA

Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What items are on the current agenda of the NATO/Russia Permanent Joint Council. [HL2593]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

The agenda for recent meetings of the NATO/Russia Permanent Joint Council (PJC) have included dialogue and exchange of information on the situation in the former Yugoslavia, arms control issues and Russian and NATO approaches to security and military doctrine. NATO allies have also used meetings of the Permanent Joint Council, most recently at foreign ministerial level in Florence on 24 May, to express deep concern at the human cost of Russia's action in Chechnya and to urge Russia to pursue political resolution of the conflict.