Iraq: Military Intervention

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 28 June 2018.

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Photo of Lloyd Russell-Moyle Lloyd Russell-Moyle Labour/Co-operative, Brighton, Kemptown

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of (a) Turkey’s military role in northern Iraq; and whether Turkish armed forces have used British military equipment in northern Iraq in 2018.

Photo of Alan Duncan Alan Duncan Minister of State

We have been closely following Turkey's Operation Tigris Shield, announced in March in order to combat PKK fighters in the Turkey-Iraq border regions. The PKK remains a significant threat to Turkey and is an internationally proscribed terrorist organisation.

UK arms exports are subject to export controls. We have no specific information concerning whether UK-licensed items are in use in Turkish military operations in northern Iraq, but all decisions in respect of the original licences have been taken based on the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria and according to the latest information available. We keep our approach to all countries under continual review.

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