Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 5 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 March 2003. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 March 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent meetings he has had with defence ministers from (a) Poland, (b) the Czech Republic, (c) Hungary, (d) Bulgaria, (e) Romania and (f) the Slovak Republic.

Answer: Mr. Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent meetings he has had with Defence Ministers from (a) Poland, (b) the Czech Republic, (c) Hungary, (d) Bulgaria, (e) Romania and (f) the Slovak Republic. [101960] Mr. Hoon: I met the Defence Ministers of Hungary and Poland in the margins of the NATO Informal Ministerial Meeting in Warsaw in September 2002. I met my Czech and Slovak counterparts for bilateral discussions in the margins of the NATO Prague Summit (21-23 November 2002). My most recent bilateral meeting with my Bulgarian counterpart was in June 2002 in Bulgaria. I met the Romanian Defence Minister on 23 January 2003 in London.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 101960; 401 c277W;401 c276W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Defence Bulgaria Czechia Hungary Foreign relations Ministers Poland Romania Slovakia Eastern Europe
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