Written question asked by Lisa Forbes (Labour) on Monday, 21 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 October 2019. It was answered by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Monday, 28 October 2019 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Syria: Military Intervention

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help resolve the situation in the Kurdish controlled territory of northern Syria arising from Turkish military action in that area.

Answer: The UK has taken bilateral and multilateral action to end the Turkish military incursion into north-east Syria. The Prime Minister spoke to President Erdogan on 12 and 20 October and the Foreign Secretary and Defence Secretary have also spoken to their Turkish counterparts. We and our European Union partners have issued statements condemning the Turkish military operation and we have also, with European partners, raised this issue at the UN Security Council.

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