Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's obligations are as a guarantor of the 1960 Treaty of Guarantee in relation to Cyprus.

Under the Treaty of Guarantee the three Guarantor Powers - UK, Turkey and Greece - guarantee the independence, territorial integrity and security of the Republic of Cyprus. If the Treaty provisions are breached, Article IV provides for the three Guarantor powers to consult. The UK meets its current obligations under the Treaty through supporting the UN-facilitated settlement process, which is aimed at achieving a bizonal, bicommunal federation with political equality as defined by the relevant Security Council resolutions.