§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring of Turkey's386W armed activities in Iraq have been undertaken by FCO officials; and what representations have been made to the government of Turkey. [31489]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonWe are aware of recent reports of Turkish military activity in northern Iraq. These have however been denied by the Turkish Government and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have offered no confirmation of these reports.
As for the previous military activity in northern Iraq undertaken by Turkey in October last year, I raised our concerns with the Turkish Foreign Minister in Ankara. I stressed then that Turkey's intervention on behalf of the KDP was at odds with Turkey's role as co-sponsor of the Ankara process of reconciliation.