HC Deb 01 November 2000 vol 355 cc535-6W
Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Russian claims of involvement by the HALO Trust in training terrorists. [135038]

Mr. Vaz

We have repeatedly expressed our concern to the Russian authorities about these allegations. We have seen no credible evidence to support their claims. HALO's sole purpose in Chechnya was to train Chechen civilians in humanitarian mine clearance, as they have done elsewhere.