East Timor

HC Deb 04 June 1998 vol 313 cc355-6W

Ann Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date the EU Troika visit to East Timor is expected to take place. [44343]

Mr. Fatchett

We still hope that the visit, to which Indonesia has agreed, will take place during the UK Presidency.

Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the visits by(a) ministers and (b) officials of his Department to East Timor (i) undertaken since 1 May 1998 and (ii) planned for the next six months. [44301]

Mr. Fatchett

No Ministers or officials have visited East Timor since 1 May 1998. The only visit so far planned for the next six months is one by the British Ambassador in Jakarta as part of an EU Troika Mission. The date is not yet settled.