§ Mr. Masonasked the Prime Minister if she will list the representations she has made to the United States of America, the European Economic Community and the Libyan Government on financial aid, military training and weapons sales to the Provisional Irish Republican Army; and if she will make a statement.
212W
§ The Prime MinisterThe United States Government and the Governments of the European Community share our total opposition to terrorist violence of any kind. We have their close co-operation in the fight to deny all forms of support to the organisations engaged in terrorism in Northern Ireland.
Since 1972 we have repeatedly protested to the Libyan Government about their support for the Provisional Irish Republican Army, most recently at the last meeting between British and Libyan officials in Rome in March 1985.