§ Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many bilateral meetings were held between his Department and its Austrian counterpart in each of the last five years; and what was discussed at each meeting since May 1997. [109874]
§ Mr. HoonSince 1995 the following senior-level bilateral meetings were held between representatives of the Ministry of Defence and its Austrian counterpart:
Year Number of meetings 1995 2 1996 0 1997 5 1998 3 1999 0 In addition, a number of low-level or informal meetings will have been held but details of such meetings are not held centrally. Discussions will have covered a wide range of issues of defence co-operation.