§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the response of his Department to the letter of 5 March from the Serbian presidency on Rambouillet. [77155]
§ Mr. Tony LloydOfficials discussed the issues raised in the letter with the Yugoslav Ambassador on 8 March. They made it clear that the Rambouillet agreement was a fair and balanced text, following extensive consultations with both sides. The Contact Group was not now prepared to renegotiate the text.
The officials also pointed out that the Serbian delegation at Rambouillet had agreed to discuss the scope and character of an international presence in Kosovo necessary to implement the agreement.