§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the current position in the Loizidou case. [132579]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe Government supports the implementation of the relevant judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and the efforts currently under way in Strasbourg to achieve this.
An outcome which would satisfy the Committee of Ministers that the judgments of the Court had been properly respected is within our grasp. We urge all concerned to spare no effort to achieve this within the next few days, for the good of the plaintiff, of Turkey's good name in the Council of Europe, of Cyprus and of the region as a whole. Such an outcome would be fully in the spirit of the proposals for a comprehensive settlement put forward by the UN Secretary General. Agreement on the basis of the Annan Plan would provide the shortest route to compensation for Greek and Turkish Cypriots who, like Ms Loizidou, have been deprived of the use of their property and other rights.