Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 April 2005. It was answered by Denis MacShane (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 April 2005 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance has been offered to the Government of Ukraine as part of his Department's counter-proliferation strategy and cooperative threat reduction programme (a) to secure the existing Ukraine military rocket programme and (b) to assess whether cruise missiles missing from the Ukraine missile inventory can be recovered.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance has been offered to the Government of Ukraine as part of his Department's counter-proliferation strategy and cooperative threat reduction programme (a) to secure the existing Ukraine military rocket programme and (b) to assess whether cruise missiles missing from the Ukraine missile inventory can be recovered. [224188] Mr. MacShane: We are in close contact with the Ukrainian authorities on a range of counter- proliferation matters including in relation to missiles. We shall continue as part of this process to evaluate whether the UK could provide relevant assistance to Ukraine in the context of cooperative threat reduction.

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