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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 13 February 1991.

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Photo of Douglas Hogg Douglas Hogg Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) 12:00, 13 February 1991

My right hon. Friend last discussed human rights with the Soviet Foreign Minister during his visit to Moscow in September 1990.

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