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Syria: Armed Conflict

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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 904416, tabled on 24 March 2016

Question

Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative
Gainsborough
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support efforts to bring an end to the conflict in Syria.

Answer

Mr Tobias Ellwood
Conservative
Bournemouth East
Commons

Answered on

12 April 2016

The UK is committed to peace talks between the Syrian parties, under UN auspices in Geneva and continues to work closely with the International Syria Support Group. The UK encouraged the UN Special Envoy for Syria and the Syrian opposition to include women in the negotiations. The UN established a Women’s Advisory Board and the opposition’s negotiating team includes women.

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