HC Deb 28 July 1989 vol 157 cc1169-70W
Mr. Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent visit of the right hon. Member for Wallasey (Mrs. Chalker) to Turkey.

Mr. Maude

My right hon. Friend paid a very successful visit to Turkey from 23 to 26 July. She held talks with the Turkish Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister and, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. with the permanent under-secretary and the political director. Later she travelled to Istanbul and Edirne where she visited the Bulgarian border and a refugee camp, and donated £300,000 to the Turkish Red Crescent for its work among refugees from Bulgaria and Iraq. The visit enabled my right hon. Friend to exchange views on a number of bilateral and regional issues.