§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries seeking membership of the European Union he has visited during the last 12 months. [14734]
§ Peter HainSince his appointment in June, the Secretary of State has visited Warsaw on 30 September and Ankara on 17–18 October. The Secretary of State has also met his Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Cypriot counterparts. I visited both Prague and Budapest 925W in September, and have plans to visit more candidates early next year.I have also met the Foreign Ministers or chief negotiators of most of the candidate countries.