HL Deb 25 January 1996 vol 568 c88WA
Lord Hylton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What significance they attach to the recent third offer of a mutual cease-fire made by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after 11 years of armed conflict in Turkey.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

We frequently make clear to the Turkish authorities our concern that the situation in south-east Turkey should not be viewed exclusively through a military prism. But we question the credibility of any ceasefire declarations by the PKK, whose terrorist acts we unreservedly condemn. The unilateral ceasefire appears to have been broken by the PKK on 16 January, with the killing of 11 civilians.