HC Deb 17 January 2000 vol 342 cc324-5W
Mr. Pound

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the status of the EU arms embargo on Indonesia. [105843]

Mr. Hain

The EU Common Position of 16 September 1999 imposing restrictive measures, including an arms embargo, against Indonesia for a fixed period of four months, expired on 17 January 2000. Following the expiry of the embargo all applications for the export of equipment on the Military List to Indonesia will be considered on a case-by-case basis in accordance with the national criteria on arms exports and the EU Code of Conduct.

The UK, together with our EU partners, continues to monitor closely the performance of the new Indonesian administration and in particular the actions of the Indonesian military.

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