HC Deb 25 February 1969 vol 778 c282W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will now impose an embargo on British arms to Nigeria with a view to implementing the peace plan recently put forward by Dr. Azikiwe.

Mr. Foley

No. Dr. Azikiwe has proposed a total arms embargo as one element in a phased plan for peace, not an immediate unilateral embargo by the United Kingdom. We have already made plain our willingness to co-operate in any agreement by which the two sides, as part of a negotiated ceasefire, undertook not to receive further arms.