Tunisia (Hansard, 25 October 1999)

§ Mr. Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has received an invitation to send independent observers to Tunisia to scrutinise the presidential and legislative elections arranged for 24 October. [95096]

§ Mr. Hain
No but we would of course consider one.

§ Mr. Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last discussed with the Tunisian Government the question of democracy and human rights in that country. [95095]

§ Mr. Hain
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has not yet met his Tunisian counterpart or any senior member of the Tunisian Government. He hopes to do so in the near future. I last met the Tunisian Ambassador on 6 September. We had a wide-ranging discussion, including the human rights situation in Tunisia. I hope to visit Tunis before too long.