Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 24 May 2024.
Nicola Richards
Conservative, West Bromwich East
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether he has had recent discussions with his Turkish counterpart on the reported granting of (a) citizenship and (b) passports to senior Hamas figures (i) Ismail Haniyeh and (ii) Saleh al-Arouri by that country.
Andrew Mitchell
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development and Africa), Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
We have not recently engaged with the Turkish Government on the reported granting of citizenship and passports to senior Hamas figures. Turkey granted citizenship to Ismail Haniyey in 2020, and Saleh al-Arouri was killed in January this year.
