Germany (Hansard, 24 October 1990)

§ 17. Dr. Kim Howells
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to meet the Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany to discuss the Federal Republic's membership of NATO.

§ 21. Mr. Bill Michie
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to visit the Federal Republic of Germany to discuss Germany's membership of NATO.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
My right hon. Friend expects to meet Herr Genscher in the next few days. It has been a key objective of our policy this year that a united Germany should remain a full member of NATO. We achieved this in the agreement signed in Moscow last month. The outcome is a tribute to Chancellor Kohl and his colleagues in the German Government.

§ 43. Mr. Hunter
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had recently with representatives of the German Governments about political reunification; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Barry Field
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress made during discussions in the most recent two-plus-four meetings on German unification.

§ Mr. Garel-Jones
On 12 September in Moscow, together with his German, French, American and Russian colleagues, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs signed the treaty on the final settlement with respect to Germany. On 1 October in New York, they signed a declaration suspending four-power rights and responsibilities with effect from German unification on 3 October.
We welcome the unification of Germany in peace and freedom. We will be working with the united Germany as a friend, ally and partner for the peace and prosperity of Europe and the wider world.