§ 25. Mr. WareingTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on his policy on the issue of German unification.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe have long supported the principle of German unification, to be brought about as the result of the freely expressed choice of the peoples of the two Germanys. Alongside self-determination goes the need for joint determination of external issues. This need will be fulfilled through the framework agreed in Ottawa and through other consultations.
§ 58. Mr. BatisteTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Federal Republic of Germany counterpart concerning German reunification and the position of existing international boundaries.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has had regular meetings with Mr. Genscher, most recently when he called on the Prime Minister on 15 February. My right hon. Friend shall be seeing him in Bonn on 12 March to discuss a number of subjects of mutual interest, including the external aspects of German unification.
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§ 73. Mr. PawseyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the United Kingdom's European Economic Community partners about the reunification of Germany.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs last discussed German unification with his EC colleagues at the Foreign Affairs Council on 5 March. We are looking forward to further discussion at the informal EC summit proposed by the Presidency for 28 April.