Mr. Speaker, if the hon. member would look at the declarations by the UN secretary general, by NATO ministers at the last meeting, by the president and by the German plan, they all contain the basic essentials. There has to be a withdrawal of Serbian government troops. There has to be a stop of the exploitation and violence against the refugees. There has to be a peace agreement. There has to be real protection of the integrity and human rights within that area. It is on that basis the negotiations are going ahead.
I would like to mention that as part of that process the Prime Minister spoke this morning to former Prime Minister Chernomyrdin of Russia. It is all part of the dialogue that is going on to see how we can begin to engage the—