§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the extent to which British intelligence on relevant security issues and global terrorism is shared with the Russian authorities. [189291]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 16 September 2004]: The British and Russian security and intelligence services continue to cooperate in the campaign against global terrorism. We value such cooperation with the Russians as with other countries. The details of intelligence exchanges are confidential. I am withholding further details under exemptions 1(a) and 1(c) of Part 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.