Kosovo (Hansard, 3 February 1999)

§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the mission statement for the Kosovo extraction force based in Macedonia. [68802]

§ Mr. George Robertson
The exact mission statement of the NATO-led Extraction force, operation "Joint Guarantor" is classified. However, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 18 January 1999,Official Report, column 578, to the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson).

§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library the report from the British contingent in the Kosovo Verification Mission on the circumstances of the recent killings. [68758]

§ Mr. George Robertson
In December 1998, the British contingent of verifiers became the first to be fully integrated into the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Kosovo Verification Mission and does not, therefore, produce separate reports. Reports by the Kosovo Verification Mission, including those covering the Racak killings, are not releasable beyond the OSCE and it is therefore not possible to place a copy in the Library.
The circumstances of the Racak killings were, however, covered in a statement made by the Chairman of the Permanent Council of the OSCE on 18 January, and I am arranging to place a copy in the Library of the House.