Following the EU-Turkey Summit on returning migrants from Greece to Turkey, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown asks what discussions were had about how to put more pressure on all the parties at the Geneva process to make sure that we have a lasting peace agreement in Syria.
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con): Surely the most important thing in all this is to deal with the problem at source—namely, Syria. What discussions were had at this summit with the Turks and the EU about how to put more pressure on all the parties at the Geneva process to make sure that we have a lasting peace agreement in Syria?
Mr Lidington: Those discussions did take place in the margins of the summit, although its purpose was to try to hammer out a way forward in dealing with the refugee crisis that is causing such difficulties both to Turkey and the European Union. I can assure my hon. Friend that the British Government and other European Governments are in constant contact with our Turkish counterparts about how best to bring an end to the appalling conflict inside Syria.