Sir John Biggs Davisonasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about British interests in the Horn of Africa.
§ Mr. OnslowThe Horn of Africa is of strategic importance to us and our Western collegues because of its proximity to the Gulf and to the other countries of east Africa. We also have considerable commercial interests in the area.
Our objectives in the Horn were defined in the reply I gave to my hon. Friend on 22 December.—[Vol. 34, c. 603.]