§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what views he has expressed to the Turkish Government regarding its refusal to allow members of the European Parliament to visit Mrs. Layla Zana in prison; and if he will make a statement. [111986]
§ Mr. VazWe regret that the Chairman of the EU/Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, Daniel Cohn Bendit, was refused access to Layla Zana in late February, and have raised this in discussions with the Turkish authorities. We remain hopeful that a meeting may be possible at a later date.
As referred to in my parliamentary answer of 1 December 1999, Official Report, column 262W, the British Embassy in Ankara closely monitors the case of Mrs. Zana.