HL Deb 13 January 1992 vol 534 c1WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether Turkey has been invited to join the Western European Union, and if so by whom, and whether the invitation is to full membership.

Lord Cavendish of Furness

The German Foreign Minister, as President-in-Office of the Western European Union Council of Ministers, has sent his Turkish colleague a copy of the declaration on future membership of the WEU issued at Maastricht on 10th December, whichinter alia invited European member states of NATO to become associate members of WEU. No reply has yet been received. A copy of the declaration has been placed in the Library of the House.