§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he is making to the Commonwealth of Independent States to encourage the acceleration of repatriation of former Soviet troops from the Baltic states.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggWe have pressed the Russian Government repeatedly at the highest level on this issue. We welcome the Lithuanian-Russian agreement of September 1992 on a withdrawal timetable, and we look to Russia to agree and implement similar timetables with Estonia and Latvia without delay and without linkage to other issues. We are pleased that withdrawals are continuing despite the Russian announcement in October 1992 temporarily suspending them.