HC Deb 18 July 1984 vol 64 c202W
Sir Anthony Kershaw

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about progress towards official talks with Argentina on the normalisation of relations between the two countries.

Sir Geoffrey Howe

The following announcement has been made simultaneously in Berne and Buenos Aires, and by my Department, at 4 pm London time this afternoonAt the invitation of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, representatives of Argentina and the United Kingdom are meeting in Berne today. The conversations will be under the chairmanship of the State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, with a representative of the Government of Brazil also present.

I set out the British Government's position in regard to these talks in the Foreign Affairs debate on 22 March, at column 1189. Our purpose in the talks will be to explore prospects for progressive normalisation of relations with Argentina. Their content will be confidential, but a further statement will be made when they are over.