About this Report
2. It is not our standard practice to produce a Report
on the Committee's visits. The discussions we hold with senior
figures in governments, parliaments, business and civil society
are confidential, and we respect that confidentiality. On this
occasion, however, we felt that it was important to acquaint the
House with what we heard during the visit to Turkey and Cyprus,
and to bring to wider attention a summary of the issues we discussed
and the opinions we encountered. In order to maintain the confidentiality
of the exchanges, we have arranged the material by theme, rather
than by interlocutor. We wish to make it clear that none of the
comments or opinions reproduced in the Annex to this Report either
represents the view of the Committee or is to be ascribed to any
individual or organisation we met in the course of our visit.
They are listed in the Appendix.
3. We are grateful to the Turkish and Cypriot governments,
to the Turkish Cypriot authorities, and to the United Nations
in Cyprus for their assistance with the visit. Our thanks are
also due to the staff of the British Embassy in Ankara, the Consulate
General in Istanbul and the High Commission in Nicosia, all of
whom demonstrated the professionalism we have come to expect from
the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
