HC Deb 14 November 1989 vol 160 c118W
Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries with which the United Kingdom has no diplomatic relations.

Mr. Sainsbury

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the then Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 5 May to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Mr. Flynn). Since then agreement has been reached with Argentina to re-establish consular relations.

Mr. Parry

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the existing diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China.

Mr. Maude

We and our EC partners maintain diplomatic relations with China. But the measures adopted by the Madrid European Council to register our concern at the June events in Peking remain in force.