§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has recently made to, or received from, the UNITA movement in Angola.
§ Mr. BaldryOur missions in Lusaka and Luanda are in regular touch with representatives of UNITA. The UNITA representative in London was received at official level at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 17 January. We have taken every opportunity to urge UNITA to implement speedily the Lusaka protocol.
§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of Angola, urging that the protocol recently signed in Lusaka is immediately and fully implemented.
§ Mr. BaldryWe have taken every suitable opportunity to urge the Angolan Government to implement fully the Lusaka protocol, and will continue to do so.
§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has recently made to, or received from, the Government of Angola in respect of the peace process.
§ Mr. BaldryMy noble Friend Lord Inglewood met President Dos Santos in Lusaka on 20 November in the margins of the signing ceremony of the Lusaka protocol. We subscribed to a demarche by the European Union to the Government of Angola on 10 November and to a message from the President of the Security Council to President Dos Santos on 18 November. Most recently the United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations met the Angolan Foreign Minister on 7 December.