Cyprus

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – in the House of Commons am 1:48 pm ar 27 Tachwedd 1996.

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Photo of Ms Joyce Quin Ms Joyce Quin , Gateshead East 1:48, 27 Tachwedd 1996

May I, too, welcome the Foreign Secretary's visit to Cyprus, which follows the visits by various Opposition spokespeople, including me? May I remind the right hon. and learned Gentleman that we have granted Turkey a favourable arrangement with the recent customs union agreement? The closer relationship which Turkey has with the European Union should surely be accompanied by an acceptance by Turkey that it has no veto over Cyprus's membership of the European Union, and a willingness to begin military disengagement from the island so as to start to create the conditions for peaceful reunification.