§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to increase medical, financial and technological aid to Russia; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 25 June 1992]: Bilateral technical assistance to the former Soviet Union, including Russia, is provided through a know-how fund totalling £50 million. A further major contribution is made through our 18 per cent. share of the 450 mecu annual European Commission technical assistance programme, and we have also given £1 million to projects under the auspices of the European bank for reconstruction and development.
372WIn addition, in February of this year we provided £2 million worth of emergency medical assistance to the republics of the former Soviet Union, including major donations of drugs and equipment to the Russian cities of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Tyumen and Novokuznetsk.