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HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaThe hon. Gentleman is right. The action by Turkey and the way it has caught not only its international partners but the UN and other agencies on the ground off guard, if I can put…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaMy right hon. Friend makes a powerful point. We certainly want to see those responsible for atrocities and crimes given justice in the region, so far as that is practical. One of…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaThe hon. Gentleman raises concerns, as others have. As I mentioned earlier, we have, along with our EU partners, condemned Turkey’s actions. We have done that because of the…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI thank the Chair of the Brexit Committee. I would share many of his concerns in relation to this. The key point right now is to be working with our allies right across the…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaMy hon. Friend will know that there is a wider international effort to see a genuine political transition in line with UN Security Council resolution 2254 and the 2012 Geneva…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI thank the hon. Gentleman. We share his concern, which I think is shared across the House, in relation to refugees. It is clear that the humanitarian situation will be…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaMy hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, raises a number of good points. No, I cannot think of an occasion when such a close NATO ally has behaved in…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. He has a lot of experience in this. I pay tribute to the work he did at the Foreign Office. I have spoken to the Secretary of State for…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaNo; that is well known. We need to be strengthening NATO, not weakening it, as well as working very closely with our UN partners and agencies.15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaLet me say at the outset that we share the right hon. Lady’s concerns about the worsening humanitarian situation, about the impact that the Turkish intervention has on stability…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI share many of my right hon. Friend’s concerns, which he expressed both eloquently and powerfully. He made the point about the destabilisation of the region, which is absolutely…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaThe right hon. Gentleman makes a powerful point in a very cogent way. We do recognise some of the concerns Turkey has in relation to the PKK, but I think this sends the wrong…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI thank my right hon. Friend, and I understand the point he makes. We have made representations on this very clearly to the Turkish Government; I have made them to the Turkish…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaThe hon. and learned Lady makes a very powerful point, and I pay tribute to her for the work she does with her community centre for the Kurdish community here. I think a lot of…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI share the hon. Lady’s concern. She is experienced and expert in this area. We will work with all our partners, both internationally and on the ground, to try to alleviate the…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaThe action we want to see changed on the ground is for Turkey to withdraw, and we are looking at what is the most effective means of engaging with Turkey and encouraging it to…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI agree with the hon. Gentleman, in that I share his concerns. I was in Washington recently, not just to meet members of the US Administration but to talk to congressional members…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaNo, I have no reason to believe that that is the case.15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI understand the depth of the hon. Gentleman’s concern. It is not clear to me where he thinks that a prosecution would or would not take place, but as someone was formerly a war…15 Oct 2019HANSARDTurkish Incursion into Northern SyriaI am pleased that the hon. Gentleman is reading and raising these issues very carefully. It makes the point about why even now, with this disappointing and very serious situation,…15 Oct 2019