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Alyn Smith Excerpts
Tuesday 18th July 2023

(1 year, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the spokesperson for the Scottish National party.

Alyn Smith Portrait Alyn Smith (Stirling) (SNP)
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We all want to see a stable western Balkans. To my mind, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is in a strong position to cohere those efforts. Does the Minister agree with that assessment and that the OSCE will need more resources to help achieve the stable western Balkans that we all want to see?

Leo Docherty Portrait Leo Docherty
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I do agree and I think it is a hugely valuable platform. We must ensure that efforts to deliver good impact from the OSCE are not derailed by Putin’s machinations.