§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what statement the Minister of State, the right hon. and learned Member for Grantham (Mr. Hogg), made in Pristina on 5 May about the relationship of Kosovo to Serbia and the rights of Albanians.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggMy discussions in Pristina on 5 May were confidential. I did not make a formal statement, but in comments to the press I repeated our view that the political, civil and cultural rights of the ethnic Albanian population should be respected and their autonomy restored within existing international borders.