Written question asked by Ian Lucas (Labour) on Thursday, 14 March 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 March 2013. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Friday, 22 March 2013 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Hezbollah
- Question
-
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had on the proscription of Hezbollah.
[148910]
- Answer
-
It remains our view that it is imperative that the EU takes robust action in response to the terrorist attack carried out in Bulgaria by members of Hezbollah's military wing on European soil. We are engaged in discussions with EU partners on designation of Hezbollah's military wing under the EU's terrorist asset freezing regime.
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), also discussed the issue of Hezbollah and EU designation with both Prime Minister Mikati and President Sleiman during his recent visit to Beirut. They agreed on the importance of Lebanon's full cooperation with the Bulgarian investigation into the bombing, and the Secretary of State made clear that the UK does not believe that designation would affect EU relations with Lebanon or Lebanon's stability.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 148910; 560 c870W
- Session
- 2012-13
- Subjects
- Hezbollah
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2013-11-20 11:45:16 +0000
- URI
- http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-03-22/13032267001116
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-03-22/13032267001116
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://hansard.intranet.data.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-03-22/13032267001116