§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Prime Minister what matters in respect of United Kingdom assistance to the Russian plutonium disposition programme were discussed at his recent meeting with the Russian President. [140514]
§ The Prime MinisterI did not discuss UK assistance to the Russian plutonium disposition programme at my recent meeting with President Putin. I discussed it with President Putin at the Okinawa Summit in June. There have not been any changes to the UK pledge of assistance since then.
The G8 has established a Plutonium Disposition Planning Group, which will hold regular meetings to develop the Russian plutonium disposition programme. Officials from the FCO and Russia, as well as other G8 countries, will attend. The first meeting of this group will take place on 7–8 December.