§ Mrs. Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what is his Department's policy towards support for President Mobutu Sese Seko in mediations between the MPLA and UNITA in Angola;
(2) whether he has made any recent representations to the MPLA-PT in Angola concerning any response which it may make to the peace proposals placed before it in October by President Mobutu Sese Seko.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe have consistently stressed the need for a political settlement in Angola. The terms of such a settlement are for the MPLA Government of Angola and UNITA to decide. We support President Mobutu's work as mediator and trust that this will lead to an early end to the fighting and to negotiations without pre-conditions between the two sides.