§ 8. Mr. Barnesasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to seek to extend the work of the international observer team to the Biafran side of the fighting lines in the war between Nigeria and Biafra.
§ Mr. M. StewartI would refer my hon. Friend to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 2nd April after his visit to Nigeria and Addis Ababa, to which I have nothing to add.—[Vol. 781, c. 485–8.]
§ 41. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonweath Affairs if, in view of the intensified fighting in Biafra, he will take a new initiative to secure a ceasefire and peace.
§ Mr. M. StewartWe maintain our readiness to explore every appropriate opportunity to help the two sides to reach agreement and meantime give our full support to the efforts of the Emperor of Ethiopia and the Organisation of African Unity. The House will regret the refusal of Colonel Ojukwu's representatives at the recent meeting of the Organisation of2W African Unity's Consultative Committee to accept the Committee's proposals for a ceasefire and peace negotiations.