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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 1 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 March 2016. It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Wednesday, 9 March 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Cyprus: Military Aid

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training his Department has given to the Cyprus National Guard in each of the last five years.

Answer

Details of training provided to the Cyprus National Guard personnel by British Forces Cyprus or wider UK Defence capabilities, incorporating joint training activities, are as follows:

May 2012 - Crisis response and joint Search and Rescue (SAR) training on Exercise ARGONAUT

May 2013 - Crisis response and joint SAR training on Exercise ARGONAUT

October 2013 - Public Order training with Sovereign Base Areas Police

May 2014 - Crisis response and joint SAR training on Exercise ARGONAUT

June 2014 - Joint SAR training with 84 Squadron RAF and the Republic of Cyprus SAR Squadron

October 2014 - Range administrative training

February 2015 - Small arms firing and range administrative training

May 2015 - Crisis response training and joint SAR training on Exercise ARGONAUT

July 2015 - Joint SAR training with 84 Sqn RAF and the Republic of Cyprus

November 2015 - Joint medical (clinical study) training

February 2016 - Joint Counter-Terrorism (CT) training on Exercise CHAMELEON

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
29087
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Armed forces Cyprus Training Military aid
Link
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