HC Deb 24 April 1986 vol 96 c223W
Mr. Hickmet

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise with the Bulgarian Foreign Minister, within the context of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, the treatment of the ethnic Turkish minority; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Renton

My right hon. and learned Friend discussed this with the Bulgarian Foreign Minister during his visit to Sofia in February 1985. The question has also been raised in CSCE fora, at the Ottawa and Budapest meetings in 1985, and at the Berne meeting on human contacts, which is currently taking place. The issue will continue to cause concern, since reports of mistreatment continue to circulate and have not been satisfactorily explained.