§ Mr. Bendallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether full consultation took place with those European Economic Community partners which also made up the peacekeeping force in the Lebanon before the decision was taken to withdraw British and American troops.
§ Sir Geoffrey HoweEach of the MNF contributors takes its own decisions, but we have kept in close touch with all our MNF partners throughout the period of our participation in the MNF, and particularly during the last few days.