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95 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Defence if, in the context of the deteriorating situation in Macedonia, he has engaged in discussions with European Defence Ministers concerning a possible European Union initiative to provide a peacekeeping force in Macedonia. [13859/01]
186 Mr. Shatter asked the Minister for Defence if, in the context of the deteriorating sit uation in Macedonia, he has engaged in discussions with European Defence Ministers concerning a possible European Union initiative to provide a peacekeeping force in Macedonia. [13884/01]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 186 together.
No such discussions have taken place to date. I am advised by my colleague, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, that there has been no substantive discussion in the European Union on the creation of a new peacekeeping mission to facilitate the resolution of the current crisis affecting the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
