§ Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the time scale for the resumption of further conventional force reduction talks in Europe upon completion of the current conventional forces in Europe talks in Vienna.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThis was set out in the speech by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to the Ottawa open skies conference on 12 February.
He said:
I believe that we should launch immediately after the CSCE Summit later this year continuing consultations among all the countries concerned, with a view to new negotiations on an agreed basis as soon as possible. We should focus on both types of dividend—on the political, as well as the military, goals of arms control. Those negotiations should be closely supervised at the political level and involve participation by Ministers, where necessary.