§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the Government's policy on membership of NATO for(a) Estonia, (b) Latvia and (c) Lithuania. [3281]
§ Mr. Tony LloydThe choice of countries to be invited to join NATO will be taken by the time of the NATO Summit in Madrid on 8–9 July. In reaching a decision with other allies we shall need to consider the wider effects on European security and on the effectiveness of the Alliance, as well as the credentials of individual countries. NATO will remain open to further enlargement after the NATO Summit in Madrid, in accordance with Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty.