Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 216: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if recent discussions have taken place in respect of the future of PfP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39613/05]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The situation remains as set out in my reply to Question No. 138 of 10 November 2005. In addition to the discussions described in that reply, a meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council, EAPC, in Foreign Ministers' format was held on 8 December 2005 in Brussels. As my attendance at the meeting was not possible, I was represented by our ambassador to Belgium, who is also head of our PfP delegation. Among the topics discussed were Afghanistan, Kosovo and the role of values, such as respect for democracy and human rights in PfP. The latter discussion followed on an initiative of Austria, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ireland, aimed at ensuring that respect for such values would play an integral part in the development of PfP.