Extract from minutes of the 453rd meeting of the WEU Council held at ministerial level (Luxembourg, 15 February 1973)

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At the 453rd meeting of the Council of Western European Union (WEU), held at ministerial level on 15 February 1973 in Luxembourg, the delegations discuss the development of East–West relations. André Bettencourt, French Minister attached to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, raises subjects including the latest meeting between Georges Pompidou and Leonid Brezhnev, at which the leaders had discussed the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and the negotiations on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Central Europe (MBFR). While the Soviet Union had pressed for French participation in the MBFR negotiations, France had reaffirmed its position, namely opposition to the bloc-to-bloc system and to increased military imbalance in Central Europe, and President Pompidou had merely stated that there would be other opportunities for further discussion on the matter of MBFR. The British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Anthony Royle, notes that preparations for the CSCE are going very well for the West and emphasises the importance of solidarity between the Western participants in the forthcoming MBFR negotiations.

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Quelle: Council of the Western European Union. Extract from minutes of 453th meeting of WEU Council held at ministerial level on 15th February 1973 in Luxembourg. II. East-West Relations. CR (73) 3. pp. [s.p]; 23-24; 28-30.

Archives nationales de Luxembourg (ANLux). http://www.anlux.lu. Western European Union Archives. Secretariat-General/Council’s Archives. 1954-1987. Foundation and Expansion of WEU. Year: 1971, 01/02/1971-30/03/1974. File 132.15. Volume 4/7.

Copyright: (c) WEU Secretariat General - Secrétariat Général UEO

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