HC Deb 30 April 1981 vol 3 c449W
Mr. Morgan

asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will ensure that no gold, ownership of which is attributable to the Albanian Government, will be returned to Albania unless and until the Albanian Government implement the judgment of the International Court of Justice arising out of the Corfu channel incident.

Mr. Blaker

The gold provisionally allocated to Albania after the Second World War is in the custody of the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold. Its disposal is a matter for joint agreement between the three Governments represented on the commission and not for the British Government alone. For their part, the British Government remain of the view that Albania should comply with the judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Corfu channel case.

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