To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under what conditions diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan will be re-established; and if he will make a statement.

Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan have not been broken. British diplomats were temporarily withdrawn from Kabul in February 1989. It is still too early to say when they will return.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he will take to prevent weapons from reaching elements opposed to the Government of Afghanistan in Afghanistan; and whether he will raise this matter with the United States of America or at the United Nations.

None. We understand the issue of arms supplies to all sides is under discussion by the parties to the 1988 Geneva accords.