Cyprus (Hansard, 25 February 2003)

§ 17. Mr. Dismore
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of the Annan plan for Cyprus. [98799]

§ Mr. MacShane
My hon. Friend's timely question enables me to commend to the House this morning's written statement on Cyprus by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary. He praised the UN Secretary-General's skilful moves to bring the Cyprus peace process to a head, and explained what Britain is doing to help the UN bring the parties to agreement. A copy of this written statement was placed in the Library of the House on 25 February 2003.

§ 22. Mr. Love
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps he has taken to promote a settlement in Cyprus. [98804]

§ Mr. MacShane
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier today in the House to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore).

§ Mr. Cox
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding his Department makes available for projects that involve members of the(a) Greek and (b) Turkish communities in Cyprus; and if he will make a statement. [98093]

§ Mr. MacShane
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides and administers two funds which finance projects in Cyprus.
In recent years, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's EU Action Plan, with a budget of £100,000 per annum has been used to finance projects such as EU accession seminars and training courses, for both the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. These projects have been run in conjunction with the British Council and have been very successful.
Each year a portion of the Global Conflict Prevention Fund has also been allocated to fund projects such as training courses in both the north and the south of the island.
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The British High Commission in Nicosia has made a significant contribution to bringing Cypriots of both communities together in a number of bi-communal projects.