§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his discussions with the Serbian Government regarding the situation in Kosovo. [36774]
§ Mr. FatchettI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Westbury (Mr. Faber) on 9 March 1998,Official Report, column 550. Since then, the Minister of State my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Mr. Lloyd), as Special Representative of the Presidency, called on Serbian President Milutinovic and FRY Foreign Minister Jovanovic on 11 March to urge Belgrade to meet the international community's concerns. He made clear to both of them that we expect President Milosevic to engage with the Kosovar Albanian leadership in a process of meaningful dialogue without preconditions. Contact Group Foreign Ministers reaffirmed this message when they met in Bonn on 25 March.