HC Deb 23 April 2002 vol 384 cc197-8W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met President Kostunica of Serbia; and what was discussed. [51241]

Mr. MacShane

FRY President Kostunica visited the UK on 28–29 November and had an audience with Her Majesty The Queen. He also met my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister, the Defence Secretary, and the Secretary of State for International Development. The Foreign Secretary held a meeting with Foreign Minister Svilanovic.

The Government underlined their support for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's development as a democratic state and partner in Europe. The FRY needed to cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and send a clear message to Bosnian Serbs that their future lay in Bosnia. Continued positive FRY engagement in Kosovo was necessary, as was a resolution of the constitutional position of Montenegro. Further internal reforms were needed, including in the FRY Army.