HL Deb 17 October 2001 vol 627 cc94-5WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 30 April (WA 244), and the subsequent release of Mr Ilie Ilascu, whether they will ask the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to press for the release of the men tried and imprisoned since 1992 with Mr Ilascu. [HL786]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Amos)

The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Chair-in-Office, Mircea Geoana, issued a statement welcoming the 5 May release of Ilie Ilascu. Mr Geoana also called for the release of the other prisoners, Tudor Petrov-Popa, Andrei Ivantoc and Alexandru Lesco. Her Majesty's Government supported this statement, and will continue to support the work of the OSCE Mission to Moldova in pressing for the release of the three men.