§ Mr. NormanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations were made by the Government to Mr. Prodi on his decision to invite Colonel Gaddafi to visit Brussels; and if he was aware of the proposal to invite Colonel Gaddafi to visit Brussels before it was made. [107367]
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§ Mr. VazThe questions of a visit to Brussels came up in an unscheduled telephone conversation between Prodi and Gaddafi in December. We were not informed in advance of this conversation and no formal invitation was made. Following a Libyan suggestion in January that Gaddafi was to make a visit, we made clear to the Commission that such a visit would be premature until Libya had confirmed that it accepted the Barcelona Declaration and the acquis of the Barcelona Process unconditionally and in full. A visit to Brussels could only then be considered.