HL Deb 09 December 1997 vol 584 c19WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What role they see for NATO in Central Asia.

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

NATO is involved in Central Asia with countries which used to be members of the former Soviet Union and which are now Partners of NATO, and (except in the case of Tajikistan) in Partnership for Peace. As elsewhere, NATO's Partnership for Peace promotes stability and security. The newly formed Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, to which all the Central Asian Republics belong, also makes a valuable contribution to this end.