§ Mr. MaudeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received from(a) his European counterparts, (b) the US Government and (c) the Russian Government regarding the Russian proposal for creating a pan-European ABM system. [126606]
§ Mr. VazThe Russian Defence Minister, Igor Sergeyev, presented Russia's proposal in outline to NATO Defence Ministers in the NATO/Russia Permanent Joint Council on 9 June.
On the basis of that presentation, NATO Permanent Representatives have had an initial discussion of the Russian proposal. Officials have also separately had preliminary bilateral discussions about the proposal with a number of NATO Allies, including the United States.