HC Deb 13 November 2001 vol 374 cc669-70W
Llew Smith

To ask the Prime Minister which(a) Prime Ministers and (b) heads of state he has met since 11 September; when he met each of them; and where the meetings were held. [14692]

The Prime Minister

The following meetings with Prime Ministers and heads of states have already been announced:

12 September

  • President Lagos (Chile)—No. 10

17 September

  • Prime Minister Berlusconi (Italy)—No. 10

19 September

  • Taoiseach Ahern (Ireland)—No. 10
  • Chancellor Schroeder (Germany)—Kanzleramt

20 September

  • President Chirac (France)—Paris
  • President Bush (USA)—Washington

21 September

  • European Council meeting—Brussels

1 October

  • Chancellor Schroeder (Germany)—Brighton

4 October

  • President Putin (Russia)—Moscow

5 October

  • President Musharraf—Pakistan

6 October

  • Prime Minister Vajpayee—India

9 October

  • Shaikh Zayed, Ruler of Abu Dhabi—Geneva

10 October

  • His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said—Muscat

11 October

  • President Mubarak (Egypt)—Cairo

16 October

  • Prime Minister Rasmussen (Denmark)—No. 10
  • King Abdullah II of Jordan—No. 10

19 October

  • President Chirac (France), Prime Minister Jospin (France) and
  • Chancellor Schroeder (Germany)—Ghent
  • Informal meeting of EU Heads of Government—Ghent

25 October

  • Prime Minister Verhofstadt (Belgium)—No. 10

28–29 October

  • President Cardoso (Brazil)—Chequers

31 October

  • President al-Assad (Syria)—Damascus
  • King Fand of Saudi Arabia—Riyadh

1 November

  • King Abdullah II of Jordan —Jordan
  • Prime Minister Sharon (Israel)—Jerusalem
  • Prime Minister Berlusconi (Italy)—Genoa

2 November

  • Prime Minister Miller (Poland)—No. 10

4 November

  • President Chirac (France)—No. 10
  • Prime Minister Jospin (France)—No. 10
  • Chancellor Schroeder (Germany)—No. 10
  • Prime Minister Berlusconi (Italy)—No. 10
  • Prime Minister Aznar (Spain)—No. 10
  • Prime Minister Verhofstadt (Belgium)—No. 10
  • Prime Minister Kok (Netherlands)—No. 10

6 November

  • President Museveni (Uganda)—No. 10
  • President Kagame (Rwanda)—No. 10

7 November

  • President Bush (USA)—Washington

8 November

  • King Abdullah II of Jordan —No. 10
  • Prime Minister Nastase (Romania)—No.
  • 10 President Musharraf (Pakistan)—No. 10

9 November

  • Prime Minister Aznar (Spain)—No. 10/Chequers

11 November

  • Prime Minister Vajpayee —No. 10.

I have also met President Arafat of the Palestinian Authority on 15 October and 1 November.