Syria Debate

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Debbie Abrahams

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Monday 20th May 2013

(11 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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Yes, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is important to have a functioning state in Syria in which all people have their own legitimate stake and to have the democratic, non-sectarian Syria that I have been describing.

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What action has been taken to date to bring together the different factions of the opposition and what are the Foreign Secretary’s plans for that in the future?

Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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Many of those factions have come together in the National Coalition. We have been working on that and we have a special representative to the opposition at ambassador level who works with them daily on all the issues and encourages them to come together. Further meetings are taking place about broadening support, particularly with more Kurdish involvement, and that work is going on.

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