§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydMy right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has no plans to visit Somalia. He last visited in September 1992, as part of an EC Foreign Ministers Troika who went to see personally the situation in Somalia. My noble friend, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey has no current plans to visit the country.
We welcome the latest Security Council resolution adopted on 4 February which underlines the international community's continuing commitment to assist the people of Somalia. The Somali people should now build on the momentum created by the agreement signed in Nairobi on 24 March by Ali Mandi and General Aideed. We hope a process has started which will lead to the creation of a national reconciliation conference.