President de Klerk

HC Deb 10 February 1992 vol 203 cc347-8W

Mr. Robert Hughes

To ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with President de Klerk on 1 February.

The Prime Minister

I met President de Klerk on 2 February. We discussed the constitutional talks in South Africa. The President expressed his determination to see them through to a new constitution. On township violence, President de Klerk said that national peace accord measures were in place and beginning to prove effective. The Goldstone commission was examining allegations against the South African defence force. The President explained the progress made in integration in sport, and said that unification of control of rugby should be concluded by late March. We agreed to keep up our dialogue.