§ Mr. Proctorasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report any countries, other than the Republic of South Africa, in respect of which Her Majesty's Government pursue a policy of maintaining and fostering links in order to promote dialogue and thus to encourage peaceful change; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RifkindMaintaining and fostering links to promote dialogue and thus encourage peaceful change is an important element of our policy towards a number of Governments. In southern Africa and central America in particular, we see this approach as contributing to the promotion of regional stability as well as peaceful change.