Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from
the Parliamentary Relations and Devolution Department, Foreign
and Commonwealth Office, 11 November 2004
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Thank you for your letter of 20 October about
media reports of Spanish naval activity in relation to Equatorial
Guinea.
We have checked the position. The Spanish government
issued a press statement on 29 January about this. The FCO endorses
the statement.
I hope this is helpful.
Chris Stanton
Parliamentary Relations and Devolution Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
11 November 2004
Annex 1
Office of Diplomatic Information, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
Postponement of the trip of two Spanish naval
vessels to the Gulf of Guinea: The Office of Diplomatic information
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued the following press
release
The idea for the voyage, now postponed, came
at the invitation of the Equatorial Guinean authorities following
a visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs last November and is
part of the cooperation between the Armed Forces and Security
forces of both countries that, in the last few months, has allowed
Equatorial Guinean officers to participate in peacekeeping and
border control training courses.
With regard to the apparent misunderstandings
that have arisen with certain opposition political parties of
Equatorial Guinea and in the Spanish press, it has been decided,
by the common agreement of both governments, to postpone the courtesy
visit of the two Spanish naval vessels until after the legislative
elections in Equatorial Guinea.
29 January 2004
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