HC Deb 25 May 2004 vol 421 cc1574-5W
Andrew Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what travel advice his Department is issuing to NGOs and humanitarian organisations about the safety of travel to(a) Gmice and (b) elsewhere in the region of Kamenia in Kosovo. [175842]

Mr. MacShane

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office travel advice for Kosovo, which applies to the entire province and is targeted at all British citizens, reads as followsBecause of continuing tensions, you should avoid non-essential (including holiday) travel to Kosovo and travel within the Presevo and Bujanovac districts of Southern Serbia.

Full travel advice can be found at www.fco.gov.uk and is updated regularly.

Andrew Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the current security situation(a) in Gmice and (b) elsewhere in the region of Kamenia in Kosovo; which cultural or ethnic group dominates the area; and if he will make a statement. [175843]

Mr. MacShane

According to the information we have received the overall security situation in Gmice and the municipality of Kamenica is currently stable.

The municipality of Kamencia is predominantly Albanian with several Serb villages.

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